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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Ten: Polly.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mr. Derby not kill Isabelle after learning her baby is mixed race?
(a) He wants her to suffer for the rest of her life.
(b) He needs someone to take care of the baby.
(c) He loves her too much to hurt her.
(d) He understands that people make mistakes.

2. What is Tidbit's main concern in Part Seven?
(a) He misses his mother.
(b) He wants to rest.
(c) He is hungry.
(d) He wants Hushpuppy to be safe.

3. What sounds does Amari hear one night as she walks along the path to Teenie's kitchen in Part Three?
(a) A tense conversation between an unnamed man and woman.
(b) The voice of Clay Derby calling for her.
(c) Polly crying over the deaths of her parents.
(d) The sounds of hound dogs searching the fields.

4. Which of the following is a simile that describes how the slaves are arranged below deck?
(a) "Their feet were locked in leg irons" (43).
(b) "The air in this place seemed to have been sucked out" (43)
(c) "Stacked like logs" (43)
(d) "Slimy with waste" (43)

5. How many hours a day are the women tied on the ship in Part One?
(a) 16.
(b) 4.
(c) 20.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. What information does Domingo Salvador NOT provide the children in Part Ten?

2. How does Clay respond when one of his friends touches Myna in Part Five?

3. In the end, how do Clay and his friends feel about the alligator hunt?

4. When Clay tells Amari in Part Five to watch how she speaks to him, what is her response?

5. Why does Mr. Derby prefer that his slaves be fresh from Africa?

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