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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the women June Dey and Norman come upon in the woods doing when they come upon the women?
(a) Painting.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Gathering water.

2. Who is most upset about Gbessa's marriage?
(a) Ernestine.
(b) Marlene.
(c) Maisy.
(d) June Dey.

3. Where do Gbessa and Henry's cousin go together late at night one night?
(a) The river.
(b) The church.
(c) The old fairy fort.
(d) The woods.

4. What is one thing Norman eats a lot of in the jungle?
(a) Oranges.
(b) Tamarinds.
(c) Papayas.
(d) Breadfruits.

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

6. How is Sia killed?
(a) By drowning.
(b) By a knife.
(c) By a bullet.
(d) By a spear.

7. Who is Gbessa's first real friend?
(a) Maisy.
(b) Shan.
(c) Darlene.
(d) Henrietta.

8. What does Norman teach June Dey to do in order to survive more easily?
(a) Hunt deer.
(b) Fish.
(c) Build a fire.
(d) Pound papayas into food.

9. What is one difficulty for Gbessa, June Dey, and Norman when they first meet?
(a) They are all gravely sick from poisoned water.
(b) Gbessa does not speak the same language as June Dey and Norman.
(c) One is blind and the others are deaf.
(d) Two are blind and the other is deaf.

10. What was the organization that contributed to the American majority's interest in ridding its cities of free Negroes?
(a) The American Lincoln Project.
(b) The Monroe Society.
(c) The American Colonization Society.
(d) The Quakers.

11. Where do Norman and June Dey travel together?
(a) The north of France.
(b) The inland kingdoms of the coast.
(c) The American south.
(d) The west coast of Mali.

12. Where does June Dey suggest he and Norman travel in the beginning of Part IV?
(a) Britain.
(b) France.
(c) Freetown.
(d) America.

13. Why are Gbessa and Henry's cousin alone in the house for a while together in Part IV?
(a) The others all go for a walk and run into trouble.
(b) The others are attacked on the beach.
(c) The others were called back to Monrovia for an emergency.
(d) The others go to church and get stuck in a storm there.

14. Who is Henry's cousin that Marlene introduces Gbessa especially to?
(a) Marshall Tubman.
(b) Gerald Tubman.
(c) John Hunter.
(d) Jack Hunter.

15. What is securing Gbessa to the side of the cave when she first wakes up?
(a) A strong fiber robe.
(b) Metal shackles.
(c) A manacle on her neck.
(d) A vine tied around her wrist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Gbessa think of on her wedding day?

2. What gift does Norman guess Gbessa might have?

3. Who was Sia once married to?

4. What thoughts go hand-in-hand from Gbessa's past in her mind in Part IV?

5. Where does Maisy work?

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