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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Annis stop dreaming of her mother so often.
(a) When flowers bloom.
(b) When the kitchen garden begins to bud.
(c) When the rain comes.
(d) When the snow melts.

2. 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.

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

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

5. Where did the spirit Aza first see Mama Aza?
(a) On the sea.
(b) At her home.
(c) On an elephant hunt.
(d) At the king's palace.

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

7. How tall is the wooden fence where Annis and the other slaves are taken?
(a) As tall as two women standing on each other's shoulders.
(b) 6 feet tall.
(c) As tall as two men standing on each other's shoulders.
(d) 10 feet tall.

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

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

10. What dangerous creatures did one of Phyllis's relatives tell her lived in the swamp?
(a) Cougars.
(b) Panthers.
(c) Cottonmouth snakes.
(d) Alligators.

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

12. What color are the eyes of the woman Aza indicates Annis should persuade to buy her?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Hazel.
(d) Gray.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Annis ducks to avoid a spider web with a spider in it, what color is the spider?

2. How long after the night Annis and her mother sleep by a ruined tree until dawn, does the Georgia Man come?

3. What skill does the woman who buys Annis want her to have?

4. How far did Annis follow the Georgia Man when her mother was sold?

5. Who helps Annis clean up and wash on Christmas morning?

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