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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. Where does Callum Aragon travel in Part II?
(a) Monrovia.
(b) Liberia.
(c) France.
(d) Jamaica.

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

3. Who are sisters on the plantation Charlotte works on?
(a) Darlene and Charlotte.
(b) Darlene and Nelsie.
(c) Henrietta and Darlene.
(d) Nelsie and Henrietta.

4. Why does Charlotte think all the other slaves ignore her?
(a) They are mad at her for shirking her own work.
(b) They are mad at her for not saving a young girl slave from a beating.
(c) They are mad at her for informing on them.
(d) They are mad at her for not taking care of her own child.

5. What tasks does Charlotte mostly work at?
(a) Washing clothes.
(b) Field work.
(c) Knitting.
(d) Kitchen work.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Gbessa taken for her exile?

2. How old is Norman when he boards the ship?

3. What plagues Callum when he arrives in Jamaica?

4. What is one name for the native Jamaicans that Callum Aragon is sent to oversee?

5. Where does Missus Emerson's daughter live now that she is married?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Gbessa survive her exile in the woods?

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

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

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

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

10. What is Darlene's big secret?

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