Who Said It?
"The pain gonna go after 'while, but them scars be there forever,"
Who is Teenie?
The reason why Polly and Amari are serving dinner
What is one of the serving girls, Flora, is Hildy's daughter. Flora has gone to visit her mother who was bitten by the copperhead and will die soon.
Mrs. Derby's first name
What is Isabelle?
having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing.
The way Mrs. Derby sounded when she spoke to Amari about the baby
What is wistful?
The head "serving gal" in the dining room of the Derby's home
Who is Lena?
"When they put you in the rice fields, you'll be dead in five years, so don't matter no how."
Who is Cato?
The reason why Mr. Derby whips Amari
What is because she dropped the pie and it stained the carpet.
This person is the coachman, the butler, and Mrs. Derby's bodyguard
Who is Noah?
in a sullen, gloomy, or ill-humored way
The way Mrs. Derby sounded when she spoke about her life at Derbyshire Farms.
What is morosely?
The oldest slave on the plantation
Who is Cato?
"...don't compliment the slaves on doing their jobs,...(it) only makes them weak and careless."
Who is Percival Derby?
The reason why Amari is embarrassed when Mrs. Derby visits her in her cabin.
What is because she hasn't bathed in days due to her wounds, the ointments/salves smelled bad, and that she had made a mess in her master's home.
What Mrs. Derby tells Amari/Myna when she meets her walking on the path
What is "I know what it is like to be unhappy"
very sad or serious
It is used to describe the slaves' songs in chapter 21
What is somber?
How rice is planted
What is one seed at a time?
"Vinegar will remove the stains from the carpet."
Who is Noah?
The reason why Clay grabs Tidbit from the kitchen
What is to use him as "gator bait"
The conflict shown through Mrs. Derby's care for the slaves on Derbyshire Farms
What is person vs. society
Dressed in a long billowing gown that accentuated her pregnancy and a white hooded shawl, she looked almost like a spirit to Amari.
What is filled with air and blowing/puffing outward?
Where Teenie tells Amari to hide the baby
What is with Sara Jane?
"Slavery just makes good sense to me. Anyway, our slaves are better off here than in some jungle eating bugs and slugs like savages."
Who is Clay Derby?
The reason why Teenie says she feels sorry for Mrs. Derby
What is because her husband "decide where she go, who she talk to, what she wear— everything."
How old Mrs. Derby is and one of the reasons Mr. Derby married her
What is 18 and because she was young, impressionable, and rich
What is the advantage of being white if I have to work like I’m black every day? she thought with consternation.
What are feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected.
Three reasons Cato says that anyone who works in the rice fields is dead within 5 years.
What is : the heat, malaria, pneumonia, snakes, mosquitos, flies/maggots