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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 181 - 240).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What big event is Gbessa expected to help Maisy with?
(a) The Beltaine Festival.
(b) The Governor's Ball.
(c) The Mansion Dance.
(d) The Farm Harvest Festival.

2. What does Norman give to Gbessa as they walk through the jungle?
(a) A pineapple.
(b) A breadfruit.
(c) A bird.
(d) A flower.

3. What was the organization that contributed to the American majority's interest in ridding its cities of free Negroes?
(a) The Monroe Society.
(b) The Quakers.
(c) The American Colonization Society.
(d) The American Lincoln Project.

4. Where does Nanni desperately want to travel?
(a) Britain.
(b) Freetown.
(c) America.
(d) Spain.

5. What makes Mistress Emerson nervous about June Dey when he is a baby?
(a) She thinks he is not from this planet.
(b) She thinks he is cursed.
(c) She suspects he is the biological child of her husband and Darlene.
(d) She thinks he will grow to overthrow the plantation ownership.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift does Nanni exhibit?

2. What does Maisy tell Gbessa she should not do because she is a woman?

3. Who does Gbessa think of on her wedding day?

4. Who is the American president at the time Gbessa is captive on the ship?

5. When do the rest of the slaves on the plantation become aware of June Dey's strength?

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