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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Annis liken the song to that she hears in the night at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) Warm corn bread.
(b) Leftovers in a skillet.
(c) Sweet summer berries.
(d) Crust of pie around the edges of a pan.

2. From whom did Mama Aza learn about mushrooms?
(a) A matriarch on the plantation.
(b) A sister-wife.
(c) Her mother.
(d) An older woman of the Original People.

3. What are the slaves given for breakfast the first morning after Annis and Safi are taken south by the Georgia Man?
(a) Water.
(b) Cornbread and coffee.
(c) Dried bread and water.
(d) Gruel.

4. Who eats dinner with the thin lady at the plantation?
(a) Her parents.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her children and husband.

5. How many hands drag Annis to the hole?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color can Annis see shot through the river when she thinks the river is speaking to her?

2. Who takes Annis's mother's place in the kitchen after she is sold?

3. What color sack dresses are Annis and the other slave women given to wear?

4. What shapes does Annis notice etched into the brick of the walls where she is incarcerated with the others after the doctor's examination?

5. Who rescues Annis when she is finishing making her sire's bed, and he comes into the room?

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