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

2. About whom does Kwasi tease Amari in Part One?
(a) Besa.
(b) Esi.
(c) Tirza.
(d) Komla.

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

4. How do the women eat in the holding area in Part One?
(a) They kindly share whatever they are offered.
(b) There is no food to be found at the Cape Coast Castle.
(c) They are fed plentiful portions of their favorite foods.
(d) They fight and grab for the scraps of bread thrown to them.

5. What message does Besa give Amari the night he visits her on Sullivan's Island?
(a) He wants her to forget their long ago promises.
(b) He wants her to find love with someone else.
(c) He wants her to know that he never actually loved her.
(d) He wants her to remember him when she looks at the night sky.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the house at Derbyshire Farms?

2. How does Mr. Derby make his wealth?

3. Why must Besa leave Amari so quickly in Part One?

4. If Polly were allowed to work in the big house, where does she envision spending her time?

5. Why does Mr. Derby lash Myna with the whip?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the working conditions of the rice field hands.

2. Has Clay been worried about Myna's health since the beating? How can you tell?

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

4. Describe the alligator hunt in Part Five.

5. How do the white slave purchasers act toward the obvious relationship between Afi and Amari?

6. Why will Besa not make eye contact with Amari after the white men slaughter the Ewe tribe?

7. How does Polly feel inside the house in Part Four?

8. Why does Cato tell Teenie to let Tidbit go in Part Six?

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

10. How does Polly's certificate of indenture help to establish the setting of the novel?

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