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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. When Amari sees Fort Mose for the first time, what is her immediate response?

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

3. How does Dr. Hoskins feel about the murders they witnessed?

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

5. When Tidbit realizes in Part Eleven he will not be able to return to Teenie, what request does he make of Amari?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Inez mean when she says, "Troubles never be over chile...but it be good to share them with friends" (288)?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Write an essay in which you contrast Polly and Amari.

Essay Topic 2

There are several secondary and tertiary characters who end up greatly impacting the growth that Polly and Amari must undergo. Choose one or two of these characters and discuss how these people or animals impact the one of the main characters.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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