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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 9 after eating rabbit and mushrooms, what taste does Annis long for?
(a) Parsley.
(b) Sage.
(c) Rosemary.
(d) Salt.

2. At the beginning of Chapter 9, what does Annis bring for Cora to cook to eat?
(a) Corn flour.
(b) Greens.
(c) Wheat flour.
(d) Mushrooms.

3. Why is Annis sent to the hole?
(a) She drops a dish at dinner.
(b) She gets dirt on the floor.
(c) The thin woman's husband wants to rape her.
(d) She trips and spills milk.

4. For what medicinal purpose can dead-man's fingers be used?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Digestion.
(c) Appetite.
(d) Coughs.

5. What do the dead rats bring if they are not burned?
(a) Coyotes and foxes.
(b) Crows, raccoons, and skunks.
(c) Buzzards, possum, and armadillos.
(d) Raccoons and weasels.

6. What color hair does the thin lady's husband have?
(a) Black.
(b) Salt and pepper.
(c) Brown.
(d) Blond.

7. What does Annis put inside a hole she digs as an offering to the earth?
(a) Her hair.
(b) Scraps of food.
(c) Blood.
(d) Dead rat.

8. During the harvest, what color horses do the bosses and hands ride?
(a) Gray and dun.
(b) Black and gray.
(c) Brown and red.
(d) Black and white.

9. How many times does the lady's mother slap her when she tells her daughter it is time for the harvest?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

10. What does Cora do when Annis comments that Mary sings?
(a) She claps her hand over her mouth.
(b) She pulls her apron over her face.
(c) She purses her lips.
(d) She drops a pot.

11. What symptoms of yellow fever did Esther's family have?
(a) Bleeding.
(b) Delirium.
(c) Nausea and vomiting.
(d) Yellow skin and eyes.

12. Where does Annis slice herself when she tries to scrabble up past the stakes when she is first put in the hole?
(a) Ankle and thigh.
(b) Arm, calf, and side of her face.
(c) Cheek, hand, and side.
(d) Shoulder and forearm.

13. Who in Esther's family died of yellow fever?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her grandfather.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her father.

14. How does Aza say that the Water's song wraps around someone?
(a) Like a tornado.
(b) Like a hurricane.
(c) Like a flood.
(d) Like a baptsim.

15. What does the lady do when Annis brings tonic for the man?
(a) Slaps Annis.
(b) Kicks Annis.
(c) Yells at Annis.
(d) Thanks Annis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who eats dinner with the thin lady at the plantation?

2. What wakes Annis, Esther, Mary, and Cora at the end of Chapter 9?

3. What would Nan eat when she was pregnant and her belly would grow?

4. Besides despair, what did They Who Take and Give show Annis that the slaves had running through them?

5. Where did Safi have a mole?

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