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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What comment does Polly make in Part Ten about Amari's love for Tidbit?

2. Where is Inez's husband, Jasper?

3. Why does Amari choose to go south rather than north in Part SEven?

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

5. Who keeps reminding Polly, Tidbit and Amari that they are a unit that must stick together in Part Seven?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What may happen to Clay at the end of Part Seven?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast slavery and indentured servanthood.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you examine the advice that Afi and Polly both give to Amari about forgetting Besa. Should Amari follow that guidance?

Essay Topic 3

In an essay, examine Amari's statement that, "freedom not big. Freedom not pretty...but freedom sure do feel good" (284).

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