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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. Whom do the children discover living on the O'Reilly farm in Part Nine?
2. What advice does Fiona NOT offer the children about getting to Fort Mose?
3. How do the children feel about their encounter with Clay at the end of Part Seven?
4. What advice does Dr. Hoskins give Polly, Tidbit and Amari in Part Seven?
5. Aside from a chance to escape, what other gift does the doctor give Polly, Tidbit and Amari in Part Seven?
Short Essay Questions
1. Is Fiona O'Reilly brave in her decision to help the children?
2. What does Inez mean when she says, "Troubles never be over chile...but it be good to share them with friends" (288)?
3. Why is Polly attracted to Nathan?
4. What may happen to Clay at the end of Part Seven?
5. What choice does Polly have in the decision to go north or south in Part Seven?
6. What does the St. Mary's River represent for each of the children?
7. Explain the anger that both Amari and Polly feel in relation to their food poisoning.
8. Detail Polly's description of freedom.
9. What has Besa suffered since being sold into slavery, as shown in Part Nine?
10. When Amari promises that Polly will also forever stay with Tidbit, what does she realize about keeping promises?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In an essay, evaluate the statement that "freedom is a delicate idea, like a pretty leaf in the air: It's hard to catch and may not be what you thought when you get it" (283).
Essay Topic 2
Besa, as Buck, has given up all hope of ever living in freedom again. In an essay, explore his choice. You may want to contrast his decisions with Amari's.
Essay Topic 3
Amari comes to realize that "she must concentrate not on what was lost, but on what must be found" (225). In an essay, examine this statement focusing on the changes that occur in Amari as she processes this lesson.
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