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

2. What kills Darlene?
(a) Cancer.
(b) She is trampled by a horse.
(c) A bullet meant for June Dey.
(d) A heart attack.

3. How does Callum kill Nanni?
(a) He shoots her.
(b) He beats her to death.
(c) He stabs her.
(d) He drowns her.

4. Who or what whispers into Gbessa's ear, giving her encouragement?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her sister.
(c) The lake spirit.
(d) The wind.

5. What does Mistress Emerson order Mr. Harris to do to Darlene?
(a) Burn her.
(b) Stab her.
(c) Whip her to death.
(d) Throw her in the river with stones.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Gbessa have to rid the road of in order to get by in Part I?

4. What is June Dey's gift?

5. Where does Callum Aragon travel in Part II?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is Darlene's big secret?

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

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

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

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

10. What happens to Charlotte at Emerson's plantation that she thinks accounts for other slaves shunning her?

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