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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 the kitchen garden begins to bud.
(b) When the rain comes.
(c) When the snow melts.
(d) When flowers bloom.

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

3. How many white men observe Annis before the doctor examines her?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

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) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

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

6. When Annis and Safi are taken away by the Georgia man, how many white men on horses lead the slaves?
(a) 4.
(b) 10.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

7. 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) Dread.
(d) Horror.

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

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

10. How far did Annis follow the Georgia Man when her mother was sold?
(a) A thousand feet.
(b) 1/2 a mile.
(c) Miles.
(d) A few hundred feet.

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

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

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

14. 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.

15. About how many wagon lengths across is the river where the slaves are untied before they ford?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color can Annis see shot through the river when she thinks the river is speaking to her?

2. What stopped Annis and the others who trailed after the Georgia Man when their loved ones were sold?

3. Who rescues Annis when she is finishing making her sire's bed, and he comes into the room?

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

5. What does Annis offer to do for Safi when Annis notices she is trying to work her ropes loose?

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