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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. Why does Mr. Derby come to the kitchen one morning in Part Six?
(a) He wants to use Tidbit as bait again.
(b) He wants to bring Myna to Clay.
(c) He needs dinner service that night.
(d) Mrs. Derby is in labor.

2. What advice does Afi give Amari about Besa?
(a) To spit on him.
(b) To run to him.
(c) To forget him.
(d) To remember their love.

3. Which is NOT a reason that Mr. Derby loves Isabelle?
(a) Her money.
(b) Her beauty.
(c) Her intelligence.
(d) Her youth.

4. What reminds Amari of her little brother?
(a) A bird.
(b) A cow.
(c) A cat.
(d) A puppy.

5. What foods does Teenie make that remind Amari of Africa?
(a) Mashed potatoes and vegetable soup.
(b) Peach pie and Hoppin' John.
(c) Hoppin' John and yams.
(d) Fish stew and yams.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the servants has childbirth experience?

2. How many slaves have died on the Derby farm this year?

3. What advice does Amari give Tidbit when he is pulled in from out of the water in Part Five?

4. What is the Ewe tribe's kente cloth design?

5. Who stops Myna's beating by Mr. Derby in Part Four?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Besa tell Amari about his love of the drums?

2. Why does Kwasi want to "look a giraffe in the eye" (1)?

3. What types of food and activities are planned for the white guests in Part One?

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

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

6. Why does Mrs. Derby ask Polly and Amari to help her baby?

7. Describe the way the captive Ewes are forced to march in Part One.

8. How does Clay attempt to connect with Amari? Why are his attempts unsuccessful?

9. Why does Polly feel no sympathy toward the slaves being auctioned?

10. What does Amari insist that Polly call her? What does this prove?

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