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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 Henry's cousin that Marlene introduces Gbessa especially to?
(a) Gerald Tubman.
(b) Jack Hunter.
(c) John Hunter.
(d) Marshall Tubman.

2. Where does Norman wake up after being punched on the ship?
(a) The beach.
(b) A hut in a village.
(c) A warm, soft bed.
(d) Jail.

3. What is a drawback to the American Colonization Society leaving Monrovia?
(a) Monrovia will lose most favored nation status.
(b) Monrovia will lose access to its own port.
(c) Monrovia's army will be cut in half, leaving it vulnerable.
(d) Monrovia will lose tax revenue from America.

4. Who is Mrs. Johnson's daugther?
(a) Henrietta.
(b) Marlene.
(c) Ernestine.
(d) Elizabeth.

5. Which friend of Mrs. Johnson's is quite impolite and severe?
(a) Annie.
(b) Ernestine.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Henrietta.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maisy tell Gbessa she should not do because she is a woman?

2. What big event is Gbessa expected to help Maisy with?

3. What does Gbessa chant to herself on the ship?

4. What did Henry's cousin used to do for a living in America?

5. About how many houses are there in the village that Norman and June Dey follow the women to in Part IV?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where had June Dey been trying to get to when he found himself bound for Africa?

2. How does Gerald Tubman feel about Gbessa?

3. How does Norman describe his father to June Dey?

4. How does Norman Aragon get to Monrovia?

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

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

7. What sight greets Norman in a ravaged village in Part III that changes the way he thinks about using his gift?

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

9. What surprises Norman about his jailers when he first sees them in Monrovia?

10. How do Norman and June Dey begin helping tribes who are being killed and traumatized by the French?

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