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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 does Norman see in Part IV that appalls and sickens him?
(a) A pile of dead children's bodies that the French have killed.
(b) The blackening-out of the sun.
(c) The poisoning of a village's water source.
(d) A pile of dead animals.

2. Who sometimes helps guide Norman and June Dey in their travels?
(a) Gbessa.
(b) Ol' Ma Famatta.
(c) The spirit of Charlotte as the wind.
(d) Safua.

3. Where does June Dey first land in Africa?
(a) Mali.
(b) Nigeria.
(c) Cape Mesurado.
(d) Ghana.

4. Where is the Hunters' house?
(a) Ghania.
(b) Mali.
(c) Goublina.
(d) Sinou.

5. Where had June Dey been trying to get when he missed the stop on his ship?
(a) New York.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Norman help protect the villagers being attacked?

2. Whose idea is it to change Gbessa's appearance for the ball?

3. What does Gbessa's captor do to her that causes her great pain?

4. Who is Gbessa's first real friend?

5. Who is brought to the same place Norman is brought to when he first lands in Monrovia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mr. Johnson say to rally the crowd at his house in Part IV?

2. What secret does Gbessa tell Maisy when they get to know each other?

3. What does Norman suggest Gbessa's gift might be, after she is taken?

4. How does Gbessa react to Norman and June Dey at first?

5. Why do the women Norman and June Dey encounter in the forest eventually imprison the two men in their village?

6. Why does Norman help Gbessa when he finds her on the road?

7. Why is Ms. Ernestine upset at the Johnson's banquet?

8. Where does Gbessa end up after her ordeal on the slave ship?

9. What happens to Gbessa during an assault on one of the villages by the French?

10. How does Norman escape from jail?

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