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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. What do Gbessa's fellow villagers think she is?
(a) A witch.
(b) A cook.
(c) A medicine woman.
(d) A shape-shifter.

2. Who is the Missus's daughter at the Emerson Plantation?
(a) Henrietta.
(b) Darlene.
(c) Carlotta.
(d) Rena.

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

4. Where is Callum Aragon from?
(a) France.
(b) Spain.
(c) Britain.
(d) America.

5. How does June Dey first discover his gift?
(a) Fighting Mr. Harris when Mr. Harris tries to beat him.
(b) Fighting twin boys who mean him harm.
(c) Fighting a bear in the woods.
(d) Fighting a wildcat at the river.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Callum kill Nanni?

2. What does Dey show Charlotte in the cemetery?

3. When do the rest of the slaves on the plantation become aware of June Dey's strength?

4. What area does Callum think of as a source of Nanni's power?

5. Who tries to get into the room to comfort Darlene when she is force to have an abortion?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Mistress Emerson so fixated on the skin color of June Dey?

2. How does Callum Aragon treat Nanni at first?

3. Why is Gbessa banished from Lai for a second time?

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

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

6. What do the Lai villagers call Gbessa?

7. What likely becomes of Callum after he searches in the mountains for Nanni and Norman?

8. In reality, why do all the other slaves ignore Charlotte Emerson?

9. What refrain does Gbessa say repeatedly to herself?

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

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