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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Seven: Amari.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Noah act at dinner in Part 4?
(a) He laughs at Mr. Derby and Clay's jokes.
(b) He is stone-faced.
(c) He is clearly resistant to the Derbies.
(d) He is overly helpful toward Polly.

2. How many slaves have died on the Derby farm this year?
(a) One.
(b) Six.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

3. Which of the servants has childbirth experience?
(a) Polly.
(b) Amari.
(c) Teenie.
(d) Hildy.

4. What do the white people at the slave auction think of the relationship between Amari and Afi?
(a) That they must be sisters.
(b) That they neither know nor care for each other.
(c) That they are mother and daughter.
(d) That they must be split up.

5. Who stops Myna's beating by Mr. Derby in Part Four?
(a) Noah.
(b) Clay.
(c) Polly.
(d) Isabelle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "indentured" mean for Polly?

2. What is the reader's first hint at Polly's character in Part Two?

3. What do Amari and Isabelle Derby have in common?

4. Why does Mr. Derby come to the kitchen one morning in Part Six?

5. For what job does Polly hope when she is first brought to the Derby farm?

(see the answer key)

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