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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 slaps and claws at Mistress Emerson in Part II?
(a) Darlene.
(b) Henrietta.
(c) Nelsie.
(d) Edith.

2. Who is one child who is nice to Gbessa when she is also a child?
(a) Wendy.
(b) Safua.
(c) Rena.
(d) Michla.

3. What does Dey show Charlotte in the cemetery?
(a) Her child's tombstone.
(b) Her own tombstone.
(c) His son's tombstone.
(d) Her mother's tombstone.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who brings Gbessa some food during her exile even though it is against the rules?

2. Who is especially hurt by Mistress Emerson's abrupt selling of slaves to a neighboring plantation?

3. What do Gbessa's fellow villagers think she is?

4. What do Nanni and Callum name their son?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What do the Lai villagers call Gbessa?

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

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

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

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

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

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