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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What area does Callum think of as a source of Nanni's power?
(a) The desert.
(b) The windy peak.
(c) The waterfall.
(d) The beach.

2. Why is the new male slave brought to Charlotte's shack in Part I?
(a) He is the best worker and the slave owners want to keep him healthy.
(b) He is from a neighboring plantation and was sold to the plantation Charlotte works on as punishment for his actions.
(c) There is never reason given for the slave staying in Charlotte's shack.
(d) He is sick so he needs to be quarantined.

3. What gift does Nanni exhibit?
(a) Being able to read minds.
(b) Turning invisible.
(c) Flying.
(d) Superhuman strength.

4. What kind of injury does Charlotte sustain in trying to help the young slave girl who is being whipped?
(a) An ankle injury.
(b) A head injury.
(c) A broken collarbone.
(d) An injured eye.

5. Where does Nanni find out the ship she is boarding is heading?
(a) Britain.
(b) France.
(c) Spain.
(d) America.

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

7. Who are the field slave drivers beating when Charlotte tries to intervene?
(a) Darlene.
(b) Shan.
(c) Henrietta.
(d) June.

8. Who is especially hurt by Mistress Emerson's abrupt selling of slaves to a neighboring plantation?
(a) Charlotte.
(b) Edith.
(c) Henrietta.
(d) Nelsie.

9. Who brings Dey some food in the shack one night, which is against the rules?
(a) Myrna.
(b) Shan.
(c) Darlene.
(d) Henrietta.

10. Who or what whispers into Gbessa's ear, giving her encouragement?
(a) The wind.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her sister.
(d) The lake spirit.

11. What is Gbessa's tribe?
(a) Libera.
(b) Lai.
(c) Romano.
(d) Vai.

12. 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 goes to the cemetery to stay there.
(c) She goes back to the house kitchen to work there.
(d) She merges with the wind.

13. 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 shirking her own work.
(d) They are mad at her for not taking care of her own child.

14. What is the name of the family that owns the plantation Charlotte works on?
(a) Woodley.
(b) Tranor.
(c) Hobbes.
(d) Emerson.

15. What is the cruelest kind of loneliness that Norman experiences?
(a) Loneliness with no end in sight.
(b) Loneliness in spirit.
(c) Loneliness because of physical deformity.
(d) Loneliness while in the presence of others.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does June Dey first discover his gift?

2. Who does Charlotte think is particularly unkind to her?

3. What plagues Callum when he arrives in Jamaica?

4. Who kills ol' Ma Nyanpoo?

5. What is the word the natives use for Callum to mean white man?

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