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

2. Which best describes how Amari feels once they are across the St. Mary's River?

3. What is Tidbit's main concern in Part Seven?

4. How do the children feel about their encounter with Clay at the end of Part Seven?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When Amari promises that Polly will also forever stay with Tidbit, what does she realize about keeping promises?

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

4. What does the potential alligator on the other side of the St. Mary's River in Part Eleven symbolize?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What experiences change Polly from a racist to an advocate for slaves?

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

In an essay, detail the process Teenie undergoes as she changes her opinion that "death is not for me to give" (113).

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