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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Crosses and ladders.
(c) Sun and a spear.
(d) Squares and triangles.

2. In Chapter 6, what is a woman calling who wakes Annis in the night?
(a) Please.
(b) Mam.
(c) Help.
(d) Mama.

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

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

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

6. How long had the slaves been walking when Annis notices Safi trying to work free from the ropes?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 6 days.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 3 days.

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

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

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

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

11. In Chapter 6, what does Annis etch on the wall when she is wakened in the night?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Spears.
(c) Bees.
(d) Boats.

12. What did Mama Aza have to run with to toughen her up when she met the oldest of the king's warrior wives?
(a) Bundle.
(b) Stick.
(c) Jar.
(d) Pack.

13. What food are the slaves given at night on their second day walking?
(a) Oatmeal.
(b) Bread.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Hard food.

14. How many warrior wives did the Fon king have?
(a) Hundreds.
(b) Thousands.
(c) 50.
(d) 100.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On the night Annis's mother tells her the story of her grandmother, what time is it when they leave the clearing?

2. What type of horns were tied to Mama Aza's and the other young brides' heads when they went to hunt?

3. On the march with the Georgia Man, how long does it rain?

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

5. Who does Annis notice using a pirogue on the river where the slaves are untied before they ford?

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