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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. Which slave is given Isabelle's baby to care for?
(a) Hildy.
(b) Polly.
(c) Sarah Jane.
(d) Teenie.

2. What further punishment does Mr. Derby give Myna after her whipping?
(a) He sentences her to the rice fields.
(b) He cuts her hair.
(c) He says she will never work in the big house again.
(d) He removes her from the plantation.

3. Whom does Mr. Derby NOT plan to sell in Part Six?
(a) Myna.
(b) Polly.
(c) Teenie.
(d) Tidbit.

4. How many hours a day are the women tied on the ship in Part One?
(a) 4.
(b) 16.
(c) 8.
(d) 20.

5. Why does an Ashanti warrior claim that he is partaking in this sort of torture of the Ewe tribe?
(a) He wants rewards in the afterlife.
(b) He claims to hate the Ewes.
(c) He is simply a violent man.
(d) He says he will be rewarded.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a cause of death during the death march?

2. Where does the ship in Part One ultimately take the captures Ewe people?

3. What is Polly reading when she is introduced in the novel in Part Two?

4. What animal is always escaping from Tirza?

5. How did Isabelle and Noah fall in love?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Amari and Isabelle Derby able to connect?

2. How does Mr. Derby intend to punish the servants who are involved in trying to hide Mrs. Derby's baby?

3. Describe the slaughter of the Ewe tribe at the celebration dinner.

4. How is Mrs. Derby able to get her husband to stop the beating of Myna?

5. Describe Isabelle and Noah's love story.

6. What do Mr. Derby and Clay discuss over dinner in Part Four?

7. How does Polly react when she is informed that her role will be to "civilize" Amari?

8. Explain why Mr. Derby prefers to purchase African men.

9. What does Polly hope to gain from her time at the Derby farm?

10. Describe Mr. Derby's view of the institution of slavery.

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