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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the Ewe tribe's kente cloth design?
(a) Birds and snakes.
(b) Animals and shapes.
(c) Letters and warriors.
(d) Pineapples and grasshoppers.

3. About whom does Kwasi tease Amari in Part One?
(a) Besa.
(b) Tirza.
(c) Esi.
(d) Komla.

4. What happens to the African man who brands Amari?
(a) Besa beats him savagely.
(b) We never see him again.
(c) He receives a generous award.
(d) He is also thrown into the pen.

5. Why must Besa leave Amari so quickly in Part One?
(a) He is on his way to his family dinner.
(b) He has seen some white men coming toward the village.
(c) He does not like to speak much with Amari.
(d) He has work to complete.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reminds Amari of her little brother?

2. What do the crewhands throw overboard after the dancing in Part One?

3. How many women die during the big storm while crossing the ocean in Part One?

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

5. Which of the following is a simile that describes how the slaves are arranged below deck?

(see the answer key)

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