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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 61 - 122).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gbessa have to rid the road of in order to get by in Part I?
(a) A car.
(b) A slow-moving snake.
(c) A can of paint.
(d) A branch.

2. What helps Norman focus and hone his power?
(a) Reading his mother's journal.
(b) Visiting the sacred tree.
(c) Visiting the lake and waterfall.
(d) Visiting his mother's grave.

3. What does Nanni tell Norman to remember?
(a) He has a gift too.
(b) He is a son of the sea.
(c) He can not die.
(d) He is a son of the kings.

4. How does June Dey first discover his gift?
(a) Fighting twin boys who mean him harm.
(b) Fighting a bear in the woods.
(c) Fighting a wildcat at the river.
(d) Fighting Mr. Harris when Mr. Harris tries to beat him.

5. What do Gbessa's fellow villagers think she is?
(a) A cook.
(b) A medicine woman.
(c) A shape-shifter.
(d) A witch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift does Gbessa seem to have that allows her to get through her exile?

2. What does Mistress Emerson order Mr. Harris to do to Darlene?

3. How old is Norman when he boards the ship?

4. What is the cruelest kind of loneliness that Norman experiences?

5. Who is one child who is nice to Gbessa when she is also a child?

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