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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Mama Aza taken when she became the king's wife?
(a) Benin.
(b) Ghana.
(c) Mali.
(d) Dahomey.

2. What can Annis smell when she is thrown on the pantry floor after being taken out of the hole?
(a) Pork fat.
(b) Roast.
(c) Cake.
(d) Stew.

3. About how many wagon lengths across is the river where the slaves are untied before they ford?
(a) 7.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

4. What does Annis's mother keep in her hair that came from her own mother?
(a) An awl made from an elephant's tusk.
(b) An awl made from wood.
(c) An awl made from a a bone.
(d) An awl made from iron.

5. What happens to the body of a man who drowns?
(a) Left to float down the river.
(b) Left to rot on the riverbank.
(c) Stuffed in a cave.
(d) Buried under a willow.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, what does Annis etch on the wall when she is wakened in the night?

2. In Chapter 7, how many including Annis follow the thin woman?

3. How long had the slaves been walking when Annis notices Safi trying to work free from the ropes?

4. Of the women in Annis's family that the spirit walked with, how many women before Annis did the spirit walk with?

5. From whom did Mama Aza learn about mushrooms?

(see the answer key)

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