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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color can Annis see shot through the river when she thinks the river is speaking to her?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Red.
(c) White.
(d) Green.

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

3. Who rescues Annis when she is finishing making her sire's bed, and he comes into the room?
(a) Nan.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Cleo.
(d) Safi.

4. What stopped Annis and the others who trailed after the Georgia Man when their loved ones were sold?
(a) Gun fired in the air.
(b) Horses herded them back.
(c) Dogs herded them back.
(d) Crack of a whip.

5. When Annis ducks to avoid a spider web with a spider in it, what color is the spider?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Brown.
(c) Brown and orange.
(d) Red.

6. How long after the night Annis and her mother sleep by a ruined tree until dawn, does the Georgia Man come?
(a) 6 months later.
(b) 3 months later.
(c) Weeks later.
(d) Months later.

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

8. What shapes does Annis notice etched into the brick of the walls where she is incarcerated with the others after the doctor's examination?
(a) Squares and triangles.
(b) Crosses and ladders.
(c) Stick people.
(d) Sun and a spear.

9. How often do Annis and her mother come to a lightning-burned tree to practice fighting?
(a) Once a month.
(b) Every other month.
(c) Once a week.
(d) A few nights a month.

10. Where does the Georgia Man take slaves when they are sold?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) New Orleans.

11. What feeling does Annis experience in Chapter 4 when she sees the river they are going to have to ford?
(a) Terror.
(b) Relief.
(c) Dread.
(d) Horror.

12. What was the man's job who drowns in Chaper 4?
(a) Blacksmith.
(b) Gardener.
(c) Field hand.
(d) Tended the horses.

13. What color hair does Annis's sire have?
(a) Black.
(b) Brown.
(c) Blond.
(d) Red.

14. What was Sasha's word for the spirit?
(a) Storm.
(b) Thunder.
(c) Tempest.
(d) Wind.

15. What does Annis etch on the wall after she notices the other etchings?
(a) River.
(b) Bee.
(c) Moon.
(d) Flower.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Phyllis's relatives went into the swamp?

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

3. How are Annis and the other women outfitted for sale?

4. What does the woman spirit tell Annis to call her?

5. What does Annis smell when they get to New Orleans?

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