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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Norman when he boards the ship?
(a) 8.
(b) 15.
(c) 30.
(d) 18.

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

3. What is the word for queen in Gbessa's language?
(a) Grande.
(b) Hande.
(c) Sande.
(d) Rande.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Missus's daughter at the Emerson Plantation?

2. What kind of injury does Charlotte sustain in trying to help the young slave girl who is being whipped?

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

4. What do Gbessa's fellow villagers think she is?

5. What gift does Nanni exhibit?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Khati and Gbessa treated as outcasts in Lai?

2. Why is Dey brought to the Emerson plantation?

3. Why does Khati try to delay Gbessa's birth?

4. Why do Darlene and Master Emerson have a terrible fight?

5. Who ends up taking care of June Dey and why?

6. Who takes Norman in after Nanni's death, and how do these people treat him?

7. What does the Master order to happen to Darlene that traumatizes her?

8. Why does Callum shoot at both Nanni and Norman?

9. Who is the only one in the village that shows kindness to Gbessa, and why does this person do so?

10. When does Callum Aragon begin to think Nanni has some value?

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