Vocabulary 1
A manner of walking or moving on foot.
Gait
Be on each or on one side of.
Flanked
Kwasi's relationship to Amari
Younger brother
What instrument does Besa play?
Drums
What is the name of the woman who befriended Amari in Cape Coast Castle?
Afi
How old is Amari?
15 years old
The person to whom one is engaged.
Betrothed
Filled with horror or shock.
Aghast
Besa's relationship to Amari
Her fiance (betrothed)
Who do the strangers kill first?
The chief
What did Afi teach Amari to do to avoid being taken up to the rooms of the guards at night?
Walk with a limp; look with a vacant, stupid stare
How is Komla killed?
A knife is thrust into his stomach
Having a sharply strong taste or smell.
Pungent
A line of slaves fastened or driven along together.
Coffles
How does Besa describe the color of the strangers in the forest?
The color of goat's milk
The unusual looking men who came into Amari's village were accompanied by members of this tribe.
Ashanti
Name three characters that entered the "Door of No Return"
Amari, Afi & Besa
What fruit shape was the birthmark on Besa's cheek?
Pineapple
(of a feeling or atmosphere) so intense as to seem almost tangible (touchable).
Palpable
In a manner of indicating disbelief.
Incredulously
During celebrations, what is Amari's father's job?
Storyteller
What did Amari's mother do to her captor to get thrown to the ground and killed?
Bit his hand
What happened to Amari's left shoulder on the beach?
She was branded
How old is Kwasi?
8 years old
Smelling extremely unpleasant.
Fetid
An object that is thought to have magic powers and to bring good luck.
Talisman
What was the chief elder's house made of?
Wood & Bamboo
What killed Kwasi?
An Ashanti spear
Why were the slaves given "generous portions of water and food" the night of their branding on the beach?
To prepare them for their journey
How many villagers survived the slaughter?
24
Abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or lack of food.
Emaciated
Bad-tempered and sulky; gloomy.
Sullen
Name of Amari's village
Ziavi
What is Amari's Father's name?
Komla
Who received a "sudden change in status" and became slaves along with Amari, Afi and Besa?
The Ashanti warriors that had attacked Amari's village with the white strangers.
Name of Amari's tribe.
Ewe