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

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

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

4. Who brings Dey some food in the shack one night, which is against the rules?
(a) Darlene.
(b) Henrietta.
(c) Myrna.
(d) Shan.

5. What does Charlotte give to the slave who is brought to her shack when they first meet?
(a) Water.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Clothes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Callum Aragon from?

3. Who is the spirit associated with the moon?

4. Who is the boss of the slave managers at the plantation Charlotte works on?

5. Who is the slave who tends to the plantation's mistress?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why is Dey brought to the Emerson plantation?

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

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

9. How does Callum Aragon treat Nanni at first?

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

(see the answer keys)

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