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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Rebekka know she is ill?
(a) Her hair is falling out.
(b) She gets a rash.
(c) She is tired.
(d) She has sores in her mouth.

2. Who gives Florens a slate on which to write?
(a) Sorrow.
(b) Reverend Father.
(c) Nettle.
(d) Minha mae.

3. What does Lina sense when she first sees the blacksmith and Florens?
(a) He will help them.
(b) There will be trouble.
(c) He will hurt them.
(d) They will be a good match.

4. Where does Florens live at the beginning of the book?
(a) A farm.
(b) A ship.
(c) A plantation.
(d) A poor house.

5. What skills does Lina say she had to hone to survive on the farm?
(a) Trust skills.
(b) House skills.
(c) Memory skills.
(d) Hermit skills.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does minha mae mean?

2. Why is Florens so excited to go get the blacksmith for Rebekka?

3. What did Jacob do to make money in the North?

4. Why is Minha Mae not sent with Florens when she is sent to another slave owner?

5. Why is Florens sent to another slave owner?

(see the answer key)

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