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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. In Chapter 6, how many slaves remain with Annis when Aza returns?
(a) 5.
(b) 1.
(c) 8.
(d) 15.

2. Who taught Annis to swim?
(a) A boy.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Nan.
(d) Cleo.

3. What does the seller tell Phyllis she will be?
(a) Child's nurse.
(b) Seamstress.
(c) Sick nurse.
(d) Lady's maid.

4. Where is Phyllis from who tells Annis about swamps?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Virginia.
(d) North Carolina.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Annis's mother keep in her hair that came from her own mother?

2. What does the woman spirit tell Annis to call her?

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

4. How long had the slaves been walking when Annis notices Safi trying to work free from the ropes?

5. What name did Annis's mother give her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Annis avoid the sire when she is making his bed in Chapter 1?

2. Who is Annis's father?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is the swamp like?

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

10. How does Annis show Safi her bees?

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