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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Pages 1 - 60).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dey show Charlotte in the cemetery?
(a) Her own tombstone.
(b) Her child's tombstone.
(c) Her mother's tombstone.
(d) His son's tombstone.

2. What does Harris and the rest of the men do to Dey soon after Charlotte's baby is born?
(a) Kill him.
(b) Feed him better food.
(c) Force him to do worse work.
(d) Send him to another plantation.

3. What lake is Gbessa's village near?
(a) Lake Sunder.
(b) Lake Nuri.
(c) Lake Moro.
(d) Lake Piso.

4. What is the word for queen in Gbessa's language?
(a) Hande.
(b) Rande.
(c) Sande.
(d) Grande.

5. Where does Charlotte go after giving birth to her son?
(a) She goes to New York, which she has always wanted to see.
(b) She merges with the wind.
(c) She goes back to the house kitchen to work there.
(d) She goes to the cemetery to stay there.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Charlotte think all the other slaves ignore her?

2. Why is the new male slave brought to Charlotte's shack in Part I?

3. Where is Gbessa taken for her exile?

4. What is Gbessa's tribe?

5. Who are the field slave drivers beating when Charlotte tries to intervene?

(see the answer key)

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