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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. Who does Charlotte think is particularly unkind to her?
(a) Nelsie.
(b) Darlene.
(c) Edith.
(d) Henrietta.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Norman board the ship?

2. Who is the spirit associated with the moon?

3. Why is the new male slave brought to Charlotte's shack in Part I?

4. What is the cruelest kind of loneliness that Norman experiences?

5. What is the name of the family that owns the plantation Charlotte works on?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is unusual about Charlotte's and Dey's relationship?

2. Why is Edith so hurt when the plantation starts breaking up into pieces?

3. Why is Dey brought to the Emerson plantation?

4. What lie does Callum Aragon tell Nanni and Norman for many years?

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

6. What is unusual about the circumstances of June Dey's birth?

7. What is Gbessa's fate once she reaches a certain age of adolescence?

8. What do Gbessa and some of the other Lai villagers associate the appearance of the moon with?

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

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

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