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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 241 - 294).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gbessa plead with Gerald to let her do with the Vai prisoners?
(a) Release them.
(b) Talk to them.
(c) Execute them.
(d) Pray for them.

2. In the very last line of the book, what does Gbessa await as she lies wounded on the beach?
(a) The sign of war from her father.
(b) Her mother's spirit.
(c) Safua's help.
(d) Her resurrection.

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

4. Where is Gbessa taken for her exile?
(a) The ocean.
(b) The desert.
(c) The woods.
(d) The jungle.

5. How did Maisy's adoptive parents die?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Dengue Fever.
(d) Flu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What lake is Gbessa's village near?

2. Who does Gbessa think she sees as one of the prisoners in Monrovia in Part V?

3. What makes Mistress Emerson nervous about June Dey when he is a baby?

4. What name do Darlene and the others give June Dey?

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

(see the answer key)

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