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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 is the price paid for Amari at the slave auction?
(a) 300 pounds.
(b) 60 pounds.
(c) 40 pounds.
(d) 10 pounds.

2. In Part Four, what future does Cato foresee for Myna?
(a) He sees her taking Teenie's place as the cook.
(b) He sees her working in the rice fields.
(c) He sees her married to Clay.
(d) He sees her escaping to the north.

3. After Mr. Derby finds out about Isabelle's baby, where will Polly's indenture be sold?
(a) To a tea plantation nearby.
(b) To a farm in Florida.
(c) To a friend in Georgia.
(d) To a brothel in New Orleans.

4. Who is Cato?
(a) He is the father of Tidbit.
(b) He is the brother of Teenie.
(c) He is Mr. Derby's butler.
(d) He is the oldest slave on the farm.

5. Where did Polly grow up?
(a) Charles Towne.
(b) Africa.
(c) Baltimore.
(d) Beaufort.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Amari when she makes it to the auction block?

2. What role does Besa play in the celebration in Part One?

3. What name does Clay give to Amari?

4. What happens to the mother and daughter who jumped from the small boat?

5. In the end, how do Clay and his friends feel about the alligator hunt?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the song the Ewe tribe sings at the celebration for the white visitors in Part One.

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

3. How does Amari feel when Polly reminds her in Part Five of her strong spirit and survival instincts?

4. What is so disturbing about Mr. Derby's purchase of Amari in Part Two?

5. Who is Cato?

6. How does Teenie's piece of the kente cloth affect Amari?

7. What is important about the amount of time the slaves are given to help Hildy after she is bitten by a snake?

8. Describe the alligator hunt in Part Five.

9. Why does Amari not want to spin thread in Part One?

10. Who is the first Ewe tribe member to die on the march in Part One, and how is this death handled?

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