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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 color was the anmiotic fluid when Sasha was born?
(a) Clear.
(b) Milky.
(c) Purple.
(d) Blue.

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

3. What color can Annis see shot through the river when she thinks the river is speaking to her?
(a) Green.
(b) White.
(c) Red.
(d) Yellow.

4. What does Annis smell when they get to New Orleans?
(a) Burning coffee and shit.
(b) Garbage and urine.
(c) Evergreen trees.
(d) Flowers.

5. Which of Phyllis's relatives went into the swamp?
(a) Uncle, aunt, and mother.
(b) Uncle and nephew.
(c) Mother and Father.
(d) Mother and grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the slaves given for breakfast the first morning after Annis and Safi are taken south by the Georgia Man?

2. What was the man's job who drowns in Chaper 4?

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

4. Where are Annis and the other slaves housed after they arrive in New Orleans?

5. Who taught Annis to swim?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Annis's mother in Chapter 1?

3. Why does Annis's mother take her to a clearing around a lightning-burnt tree?

4. Who were Annis's grandparents and how did they become slaves?

5. How do Annis and the others feel after the first day of walking south?

6. Who is Annis's father?

7. What encounter does Annis have with the woman she has been seeing on the march south?

8. How did the spirit Aza meet Annis's grandmother?

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

10. How are Safi and Annis taken south?

(see the answer keys)

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