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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many fires are lit the first night that Annis and Safi stop on their journey south with the Georgia Man?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

2. What does Annis offer to do for Safi when Annis notices she is trying to work her ropes loose?
(a) Rub her neck.
(b) Share her food.
(c) Hold her.
(d) Tell her a story.

3. Who taught Annis to swim?
(a) Her mother.
(b) A boy.
(c) Nan.
(d) Cleo.

4. In Chapter 5, how many of the women can fit in the boat that takes them over the river into New Orleans?
(a) 25.
(b) Half of them.
(c) All of them.
(d) 50.

5. Who does Annis notice using a pirogue on the river where the slaves are untied before they ford?
(a) A white man.
(b) A little white boy with hair the color of fire.
(c) A little white boy with hair the color of corn kernels.
(d) A white girl.

6. Where does the Georgia Man tell the two men who go to look for Safi to meet him?
(a) Mobile.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Montgomery.
(d) Alabama.

7. What type of horns were tied to Mama Aza's and the other young brides' heads when they went to hunt?
(a) Impala.
(b) Antelope.
(c) Giraffe.
(d) Springbok.

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) Stick people.
(b) Sun and a spear.
(c) Crosses and ladders.
(d) Squares and triangles.

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

10. What was the first weapon Annis ever held?
(a) A pistol.
(b) A rifle.
(c) Her mother's hand.
(d) A knife.

11. Who became Mama Aza's lover before she became a slave?
(a) A soldier.
(b) A baker.
(c) A grocer.
(d) The king.

12. How many feet do Annis and the others have to swim in the river they ford?
(a) 2 feet.
(b) A couple feet.
(c) 5 feet.
(d) A few feet.

13. Who takes Annis's mother's place in the kitchen after she is sold?
(a) Martha.
(b) Annabelle.
(c) Louisa.
(d) Cleo.

14. What does the man look like who falls and then stares at the Georgia Man?
(a) Young with scars on his back.
(b) Bald with gray tufts of hair.
(c) Tall with bushy black hair.
(d) Short with scars on his chest.

15. On the march with the Georgia Man, how long does it rain?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 3 days.
(c) A week.
(d) 5 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the spirit Aza first see Mama Aza?

2. What does Annis etch on the wall after she notices the other etchings?

3. Where was Mama Aza taken when she became the king's wife?

4. What are the slaves given for breakfast the first morning after Annis and Safi are taken south by the Georgia Man?

5. What dangerous creatures did one of Phyllis's relatives tell her lived in the swamp?

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