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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 do the Vai women prepare for the visitors to eat in Part II?
(a) Greens.
(b) Rice and chicken.
(c) Beef and potatoes.
(d) Bread.

2. What does Gbessa chant to herself on the ship?
(a) Gbessa the witch.
(b) Gbessa the great.
(c) Gbessa the king.
(d) Gbessa the queen.

3. Who sometimes helps guide Norman and June Dey in their travels?
(a) Gbessa.
(b) Safua.
(c) Ol' Ma Famatta.
(d) The spirit of Charlotte as the wind.

4. Why does Maisy tell Gbessa she does not believe Gbessa is cursed?
(a) She is Christian.
(b) She does not believe in superstition.
(c) She does not believe God would curse women, only men.
(d) She knows Gbessa would know how to ward off any curses.

5. Who is Henry's cousin that Marlene introduces Gbessa especially to?
(a) Marshall Tubman.
(b) John Hunter.
(c) Jack Hunter.
(d) Gerald Tubman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Norman teach June Dey to do in order to survive more easily?

2. What amazes Darlene when June Dey is an infant?

3. Where does June Dey tell Norman he is from?

4. Where does Missus Emerson's daughter live now that she is married?

5. How did Maisy's adoptive parents die?

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