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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) His son's tombstone.
(c) Her mother's tombstone.
(d) Her child's tombstone.

2. Why does Charlotte think all the other slaves ignore her?
(a) They are mad at her for informing on them.
(b) They are mad at her for not saving a young girl slave from a beating.
(c) They are mad at her for not taking care of her own child.
(d) They are mad at her for shirking her own work.

3. Who kills a cat, committing a serious taboo, in Gbessa's village?
(a) Khati.
(b) Gbessa.
(c) Ol' Ma Famatta.
(d) Ol' Ma Nyanpoo.

4. Who looked after Khati following Gbessa's exile?
(a) Ol' Ma Kadyatu.
(b) Ol' Ma Nyanpoo.
(c) Ol' Ma Famatta.
(d) Ol' Pa Piarit.

5. Who is the most beautiful slave on the plantation where Charlotte works?
(a) Shan.
(b) Darlene.
(c) Charlotte.
(d) Henrietta.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who kills ol' Ma Nyanpoo?

2. What do Gbessa's fellow villagers think she is?

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

4. What color is Gbessa's hair, which is unusual for girls in her village?

5. What does Gbessa have to rid the road of in order to get by in Part I?

(see the answer key)

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