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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What skill does the woman who buys Annis want her to have?
(a) Gardening.
(b) Sewing.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Laundering.

2. Where does Annis remember falling and cutting herself when she was younger and running somewhere?
(a) Calf.
(b) Forearm.
(c) Thigh.
(d) Shoulder.

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

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

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

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

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

8. On the night Annis's mother tells her the story of her grandmother, what time is it when they leave the clearing?
(a) 1 a.m.
(b) 3 a.m.
(c) Around midnight.
(d) Just before dawn.

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. In Chapter 1, what are Annis's half sisters reading with their tutor while she does her chores?
(a) Plato.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Pythagoras.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many white men observe Annis before the doctor examines her?

2. With whom do Annis and her mother share a cabin?

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

4. How often do Annis and her mother come to a lightning-burned tree to practice fighting?

5. What was Sasha's word for the spirit?

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