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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 does Nathan tell Polly, Tidbit and Amari about Fort Mose?
(a) That it was recently captured by the Confederates.
(b) That he has never heard of it.
(c) That slavery is just as prominent there as anywhere else.
(d) That it is a real place of freedom.

2. Who has been through Fort Mose already looking for Polly?
(a) Percival.
(b) Nathan.
(c) Clay.
(d) Noah.

3. Who keeps reminding Polly, Tidbit and Amari that they are a unit that must stick together in Part Seven?
(a) Polly.
(b) Hushpuppy.
(c) Tidbit.
(d) Amari.

4. Where must the children go to escape Nathan's father?
(a) The swamp.
(b) The river.
(c) Fort Mose.
(d) New Orleans.

5. Where is Inez's husband, Jasper?
(a) He did not make it to Fort Mose.
(b) He is still in Georgia.
(c) He is now fighting for the Spanish.
(d) There is no Jasper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the leader of Fort Mose?

2. What giant animal lurks outside the children's cave in Part Seven?

3. What is Polly's reaction when they come upon the fishing boy in Part Eight?

4. Why does Clay chase after Amari in Part Seven, after having trailed the children for days?

5. What do the stars symbolize for Amari in Part Seven?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Amari comfort Tidbit when he realizes in Part Eleven that he will most likely never see his mother again?

2. What about Amari's condition surprises Fiona O'Reilly? What does this prove about her character?

3. What choice does Polly have in the decision to go north or south in Part Seven?

4. Detail Polly's description of freedom.

5. Describe the plan the children devise for escaping Nathan's father.

6. Examine Amari's thought that "I can't run anymore. Not from the past. Not from my future" (300).

7. What has Besa suffered since being sold into slavery, as shown in Part Nine?

8. What does the St. Mary's River represent for each of the children?

9. Do Amari and Polly become fast friends on their journey that begins in Part Seven? Why or why not?

10. What clues do we have that Domingo Salvador is not actually drunk in Part Ten?

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