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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A sailor tells Yance that 'what' Europeans sell slaves?
(a) Portuguese.
(b) English.
(c) Italians.
(d) Spanish.

2. What is the name of Henry's tribe?
(a) Amhara.
(b) Ashanti.
(c) Maasai.
(d) Bombara.

3. How many fish does Henry catch while they are trying to get the girls back to their families?
(a) 7.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

4. What language does Henry, a slave, usually speak?
(a) Portuguese.
(b) French.
(c) English.
(d) Spanish.

5. How wide is the river that Kin, Yance and the girls cross while they try to make it to safety?
(a) 150 yards wide.
(b) 50 yards wide.
(c) 100 yards wide.
(d) 75 yards wide.

6. What island in the West Indies does Kin intend to go to first?
(a) Jamaica.
(b) Cuba.
(c) Grenada.
(d) Hispaniola.

7. Besides Carrie and Diana, how many other girls have disappeared without a trace?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

8. When Henry says he will go to the West Indies, where does Blaxton say some free blacks live?
(a) Martinique.
(b) Hispaniola.
(c) Jamaica.
(d) Grenada.

9. What does Kin tell Yance to do while he is gone?
(a) Watch his crops.
(b) Go to the Spanish.
(c) Go hunting.
(d) Stay close to Temperance.

10. How old is Reverend Blaxton?
(a) 24.
(b) About 30.
(c) About 40.
(d) 36.

11. From what tribe is the woman who keeps Reverend Blaxton's house?
(a) Mahican.
(b) Pequot.
(c) Wampanoag.
(d) Algonquian.

12. What is Kin hunting for at the beginning of the book?
(a) Deer.
(b) Pheasant.
(c) Bear.
(d) Elk.

13. Where does the Reverend Blaxton live?
(a) Skowhegan.
(b) Messalonskee.
(c) Shawmut.
(d) Sebasticook.

14. How old does Yance believe that Carrie Penney is?
(a) 12.
(b) 8.
(c) 9 or 10.
(d) 10 or 11.

15. What sound does Yance make as a signal when Kin is talking with Max Bauer to indicate he has found something?
(a) Moose.
(b) Wolf.
(c) Owl.
(d) Hawk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kin say that his brother Yance fights like?

2. What is the name of Kin's sister?

3. Which of the settlers at Shooting Creek married a Spanish wife?

4. What sound does Kin hear that indicates people are near where he and his brother are camped with the girls?

5. How long does Kin stop to eat huckleberries when he is trying to catch up with Yance and the girls after crossing the river?

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