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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What sounds does Amari hear one night as she walks along the path to Teenie's kitchen in Part Three?
(a) A tense conversation between an unnamed man and woman.
(b) The voice of Clay Derby calling for her.
(c) The sounds of hound dogs searching the fields.
(d) Polly crying over the deaths of her parents.
2. Why is Polly chosen to stop the doctor in Part Six?
(a) Since she was there at the birth, she needs to deliver the news.
(b) Since she knows the doctor, she can persuade him best.
(c) Since she knows the terrain, she can find him easily.
(d) Since she is white, she can leave the farm.
3. Where does the ship in Part One ultimately take the captures Ewe people?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Carolina.
(c) Puerto Rico.
(d) Georgia.
4. How much space does each slave have below deck on the ship?
(a) A room about the size of a bathroom.
(b) A room with a bed and a washbasin.
(c) A few inches on either side.
(d) A full foot of space.
5. What is the price paid for Amari at the slave auction?
(a) 40 pounds.
(b) 10 pounds.
(c) 60 pounds.
(d) 300 pounds.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who were the only villagers spared in the slaughter of the Ewe tribe?
2. When the Derby men discuss purchasing more slaves in Part Four, Polly thinks it is almost like they are talking about which of the following?
3. What is Teenie's advice to Amari upon arrival at the Derby's farm?
4. What is the average life span of a slave?
5. Where does Cato tell Polly, Tidbit and Amari to flee in Part Six?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Teenie's piece of the kente cloth affect Amari?
2. How does Mr. Derby punish Noah and Isabelle?
3. Why does Polly feel no sympathy toward the slaves being auctioned?
4. Why does Mrs. Derby ask Polly and Amari to help her baby?
5. What is so disturbing about Mr. Derby's purchase of Amari in Part Two?
6. What types of food and activities are planned for the white guests in Part One?
7. How are indentured servants similar to slaves? How are they also very different?
8. Describe the song the Ewe tribe sings at the celebration for the white visitors in Part One.
9. Why do Polly and Amari end up serving dinner at the main house in Part Four?
10. How do the white slave purchasers act toward the obvious relationship between Afi and Amari?
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