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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. Of the women in Annis's family that the spirit walked with, how many women before Annis did the spirit walk with?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

2. How many fires are lit the first night that Annis and Safi stop on their journey south with the Georgia Man?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

3. What food are the slaves given at night on their second day walking?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Bread.
(c) Oatmeal.
(d) Hard food.

4. What was the man's job who drowns in Chaper 4?
(a) Blacksmith.
(b) Field hand.
(c) Tended the horses.
(d) Gardener.

5. Where are Annis and the other slaves housed after they arrive in New Orleans?
(a) On the sand under flat roofs.
(b) Corrals.
(c) Barns.
(d) Low brick buildings.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, how many of the women can fit in the boat that takes them over the river into New Orleans?

2. What does Annis's mother do when she sees the Georgia man?

3. From whom did Mama Aza learn about mushrooms?

4. What type of horns were tied to Mama Aza's and the other young brides' heads when they went to hunt?

5. On the night Annis's mother tells her the story of her grandmother, what time is it when they leave the clearing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Safi escape?

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

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

4. What does Phyllis know about living in swamps?

5. How are Safi and Annis taken south?

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

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

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

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

10. Who comforts Annis after her mother is sold?

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