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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 image does Polly use in Part Seven to describe freedom?
(a) A beautiful leaf that is hard to catch.
(b) A path that is difficult to travel.
(c) A flag that waves high.
(d) A dream that can never be attained.

2. By Part Ten, why has it been so difficult for Amari and Polly to become friends?
(a) Neither girl is willing to forgive any past hurt.
(b) Neither girl has ever had an experience with a person of another race outside of slavery.
(c) Both girls' parents taught them to hate people of another race.
(d) Both girls refuse to learn from their pasts.

3. When Amari sees Fort Mose for the first time, what is her immediate response?
(a) That it is whiter than the Derby Farm could ever hope to be.
(b) That the fort's grandeur matches her expectation.
(c) That the place is very small.
(d) That she has made a terrible mistake.

4. What information does Domingo Salvador NOT provide the children in Part Ten?
(a) King Philip of Spain does not believe in slavery.
(b) They are near the St. Marys River.
(c) Freed slaves and Native Americans are welcome at Fort Mose.
(d) He must turn them in before they reach St. Augustine.

5. What does Fiona tell the children about her desire to help them?
(a) She does not want to become entangled in legal affairs.
(b) She wants to make the choice to help them be free.
(c) She has to check with her husband before she can help them.
(d) She will turn them in in the morning.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Amari reminds Polly that, because she is white, the indentured girl has a choice about which way to go, how does Polly respond?

2. What job does Captain Menendez envision for Polly?

3. What does Nathan tell Polly, Tidbit and Amari about Fort Mose?

4. What advice does Polly give Amari about Besa in Part Ten?

5. When Amari realizes that Fort Mose is not huge or paved with gold, what does she say?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Polly attracted to Nathan?

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

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

4. Explain the anger that both Amari and Polly feel in relation to their food poisoning.

5. Is Fiona O'Reilly brave in her decision to help the children?

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

7. Why might Hushpuppy's arrival in Part Six signal luck for the trip?

8. Why does Dr. Hoskins feel so guilty in Part Seven?

9. What change occurs in Amari as a result of Dr. Hoskins's gift?

10. Detail Polly's description of freedom.

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