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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aza say that Safi heard in her dreams?
(a) Singing of the stars.
(b) Chains rattling.
(c) Babies crying.
(d) Singing of the Water.

2. Where did Sasha try to run with Annis long ago?
(a) The woods.
(b) The Great Swamp.
(c) Michigan.
(d) Illinois.

3. What does Mary kill for breakfast the first morning Annis is at the thin woman's plantation?
(a) Turtle.
(b) Snake.
(c) Squirrel.
(d) Rabbit.

4. How is Emil punished for breaking a hatchet?
(a) Shackled to a stake overnight.
(b) Beaten with a hickory switch.
(c) Beaten with a whip.
(d) Kicked and thrown into the hole.

5. What does Cora say is the best to eat when they can get it?
(a) Alligator.
(b) Crocodile.
(c) Deer.
(d) Goose.

6. In Chapter 9, what does Cora dream that her mother fixes her to eat?
(a) Squash.
(b) Soup.
(c) Green tomatoes.
(d) Bread.

7. Where does Annis begin to get a headache as she waits on the lady and her mother at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) Right eye.
(b) Left eye.
(c) Top of her head.
(d) Center of her forehead.

8. In Chapter 10, how long does the lady sit cradling her her husband's body?
(a) Until afternoon.
(b) Until mid-morning.
(c) Until sunset.
(d) Until noon.

9. What color is the sugar bowl the lady uses?
(a) White edged in lavender.
(b) White edged in blue.
(c) White edged in yellow.
(d) White edged in pink.

10. Who are yelled at when Annis and the others have to work in the fields?
(a) A woman and her children.
(b) 3 children.
(c) Two older men and a girl.
(d) A crippled man and a crippled woman.

11. What was the name of the leader of the place where Esther's grandmother came from?
(a) St. Malo.
(b) Reuben.
(c) David.
(d) St. Andrew.

12. What does Annis liken the song to that she hears in the night at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) Warm corn bread.
(b) Leftovers in a skillet.
(c) Crust of pie around the edges of a pan.
(d) Sweet summer berries.

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

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

15. How many hands drag Emil off to be punished when he breaks a hatchet?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. How drowsy is Annis when she is removed from the hole?

2. What color mushroom does Annis look for to heal the man from yellow fever?

3. How many rabbits does Esther's brother want Annis to take back for his sister?

4. What brand did Esther's grandmother and mother have on their cheeks?

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

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