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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. From whom did Mama Aza learn about mushrooms?
(a) A sister-wife.
(b) An older woman of the Original People.
(c) Her mother.
(d) A matriarch on the plantation.

2. What animal were Mama Aza and the other women sent to kill?
(a) Tiger.
(b) Lion.
(c) Hippopotamus.
(d) Elephant.

3. How many warrior wives did the Fon king have?
(a) Hundreds.
(b) 50.
(c) 100.
(d) Thousands.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what does Annis see rise from a ruined tree at dawn?

2. Who became Mama Aza's lover before she became a slave?

3. Of the women in Annis's family that the spirit walked with, how many women before Annis did the spirit walk with?

4. When does Annis take Safi to see the bees?

5. Where did the spirit Aza first see Mama Aza?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Annis show Safi her bees?

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

3. What does Phyllis know about living in swamps?

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

5. Who comforts Annis after her mother is sold?

6. How does Safi escape?

7. Who is Annis's father?

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

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

10. When was the last time that Sasha spoke to Aza?

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