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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Contrary to being dead when Mr. Harris and the others follow June Dey into the woods, how does Moore describe him?
(a) He had been anointed.
(b) He had been sainted.
(c) He had just been born.
(d) He had been discovered.

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

4. Who is the spirit associated with the moon?
(a) Ol' Pa Reinpoo.
(b) Ol' Ma Niapal.
(c) Ol' Ma Famatta.
(d) Ol' Ma Rena.

5. Where does Nanni desperately want to travel?
(a) America.
(b) Britain.
(c) Freetown.
(d) Spain.

6. What kills Darlene?
(a) Cancer.
(b) A bullet meant for June Dey.
(c) She is trampled by a horse.
(d) A heart attack.

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

8. What does June Dey do with Darlene's body?
(a) He buries it.
(b) He floats it gently down the river.
(c) He leaves it for Henrietta.
(d) He burns it.

9. Who is one child who is nice to Gbessa when she is also a child?
(a) Rena.
(b) Safua.
(c) Michla.
(d) Wendy.

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

11. What do Nanni and Callum name their son?
(a) June.
(b) Cuffie.
(c) Edward.
(d) Norman.

12. What amazes Darlene when June Dey is an infant?
(a) He talks very early.
(b) He walks very early.
(c) He can sing like an angel.
(d) She has breast milk to feed him.

13. What is one punishment Callum visits upon Nanni when he mistreats her?
(a) He holds her head underwater.
(b) He starves her.
(c) He forces her to wear clothes that make her swelter.
(d) Her makes her sleep outside, suffering terrible mosquito bites.

14. What plagues Callum when he arrives in Jamaica?
(a) Ticks.
(b) Mosquitos.
(c) The jackals.
(d) The cold.

15. Who finally comes to the shack Charlotte stays in on the plantation after many, many years?
(a) Robert.
(b) John.
(c) Dey.
(d) Henry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who or what whispers into Gbessa's ear, giving her encouragement?

2. Where is Gbessa taken for her exile?

3. Who takes Nanni's child in after Nanni dies?

4. What kind of warrior is the most powerful in Gbessa's village?

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

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