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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Gbessa's mother?
(a) Rena.
(b) Ol' Ma Nyanpoo.
(c) Khati.
(d) Christiana.

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

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

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

6. Who takes Nanni's child in after Nanni dies?
(a) Henrietta.
(b) Cuffie.
(c) Gbessa.
(d) Ol' Ma Nyanpoo.

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

8. What area of the island do the sailors tell Callum not to venture to alone?
(a) The Alps.
(b) The Smoky Mountains.
(c) The Cascade Mountains.
(d) The Blue Mountains.

9. What tasks does Charlotte mostly work at?
(a) Kitchen work.
(b) Knitting.
(c) Field work.
(d) Washing clothes.

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

11. How does Mr. Emerson react when Darlene tells him she has not had the abortion?
(a) He has no reaction at all.
(b) He is sympathetic.
(c) He becomes very sad.
(d) He becomes enraged.

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

13. Who is the native girl who is sent to help Callum Aragon?
(a) Nanni.
(b) Maisy.
(c) Gbessa.
(d) Marlene.

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

15. What is June Dey's gift?
(a) Superhuman strength.
(b) The ability to run very very fast.
(c) The ability to fly.
(d) An angelic singing voice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mr. Emerson having an affair with?

2. What amazes Darlene when June Dey is an infant?

3. Whose sketch of the waterfall and lake does Norman use to get there?

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

5. What is one punishment Callum visits upon Nanni when he mistreats her?

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