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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which friend of Mrs. Johnson's is quite impolite and severe?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Henrietta.
(c) Annie.
(d) Ernestine.

2. Where is the Hunters' house?
(a) Ghania.
(b) Sinou.
(c) Goublina.
(d) Mali.

3. Why does Norman not want to leave the village of women in Part IV when June Dey suggests this?
(a) Because he thinks they will starve if they do.
(b) Because he knows June Dey loves Safua.
(c) Because Norman thinks Gbessa is there.
(d) Then they will not be able to help the people when the slavers come.

4. What does Norman give to Gbessa as they walk through the jungle?
(a) A flower.
(b) A pineapple.
(c) A bird.
(d) A breadfruit.

5. What language do Gbessa and Maisy speak to each other?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Vai.
(c) French.
(d) Monrovian.

6. Who is the first girl Gbessa meets in Monrovia?
(a) Maisy.
(b) Henrietta.
(c) Ernestine.
(d) Marlene.

7. Why does Maisy tell Gbessa she does not believe Gbessa is cursed?
(a) She is Christian.
(b) She does not believe God would curse women, only men.
(c) She does not believe in superstition.
(d) She knows Gbessa would know how to ward off any curses.

8. What does Norman see in Part IV that appalls and sickens him?
(a) The blackening-out of the sun.
(b) A pile of dead animals.
(c) The poisoning of a village's water source.
(d) A pile of dead children's bodies that the French have killed.

9. Who was in the hiding place with June Dey, Gbessa, and Norman one night?
(a) Charlotte's spirit on the wind.
(b) Ol' Ma Famatta.
(c) Safua.
(d) Ol' Ma Nyanpoo.

10. What makes June Dey sick soon after he and Norman first meet?
(a) Spoiled meat.
(b) A snake bite.
(c) A spider bite.
(d) Poisonous plants.

11. Who attacks the village where Sia lives?
(a) The Monrovians.
(b) The French.
(c) The Germans.
(d) The British.

12. Whose idea is it to change Gbessa's appearance for the ball?
(a) Mrs. Johnson's.
(b) Ernestine's.
(c) Henrietta's.
(d) Norman's.

13. What is it about the chores that gives Gbessa joy?
(a) She likes earning money.
(b) She has always wanted to learn how to cook.
(c) She had never been asked or invited to help other women in her own village.
(d) She loves to see things looking so clean.

14. Who is the American president at the time Gbessa is captive on the ship?
(a) Madison.
(b) Monroe.
(c) Polk.
(d) Lincoln.

15. Why is Norman no longer able to stay invisible on the ship?
(a) He is too angry.
(b) He grows too weak.
(c) Water makes his gift weaker.
(d) Once someone sees him, he can not turn invisible again.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gbsesa tell Maisy she is like to her before she leaves the Johnsons' house?

2. What is the new name for Monrovia after it becomes independent from America?

3. Why does Norman think he needs to keep helping the villagers who are under assault?

4. What is securing Gbessa to the side of the cave when she first wakes up?

5. Where had June Dey been trying to get when he missed the stop on his ship?

(see the answer keys)

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