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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mama Aza have to run with to toughen her up when she met the oldest of the king's warrior wives?
(a) Bundle.
(b) Stick.
(c) Pack.
(d) Jar.

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

3. When does Annis take Safi to see the bees?
(a) Summer.
(b) When the rice grows tall.
(c) When the tobacco fields bloom.
(d) Spring.

4. What are the slaves given for breakfast the first morning after Annis and Safi are taken south by the Georgia Man?
(a) Water.
(b) Dried bread and water.
(c) Gruel.
(d) Cornbread and coffee.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many feet do Annis and the others have to swim in the river they ford?

2. What animal were Mama Aza and the other women sent to kill?

3. Who taught Annis to swim?

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

5. From whom did Mama Aza learn about mushrooms?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the swamp like?

2. Why do Annis and the other slaves comes to dread the rivers?

3. What does Annis notice on the wall where she and the others are confined and what does she etch?

4. What is done to try to make Annis and the others easier to sell, and how effective are the things that are done?

5. How do Annis and the other women cross a river that is at least five wagon lengths across?

6. What does the spirit Aza know about what happened to Annis's mother?

7. Where are Annis and the other slaves taken when they get to New Orleans?

8. Who comforts Annis after her mother is sold?

9. What does Annis say the first day she is taken to the pen to be sold to avoid becoming a fancy girl?

10. How were Mama Aza and ther other new sister-wives trained at first?

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