Character Traits
A way to describe Two Shoes’s actions towards his fellow enslaved people.
What is betrayal, unloyal, not trustworthy?
Amina’s inspiration for writing Freewater, shared with the reader at the end of the book.
What is learning about runaway enslaved people living in the swamps of southern enslaved states?
Suleman is regularly described as this vocabulary word, while Sanzi could be described as the exact opposite.
What is nonchalant?
A character that is immature, impulsive, and naive in the beginning of the story, then becomes brave, confident, and heroic in the end.
Who is Sanzi?
An important place on Southerland Plantation where Nora and Rose’s relationship has thrived in the past, but grows too painful for Nora later in the story.
What is the kitchen?
A trait held by Suleman, and desired by Sanzi.
What is heroic?
The only character whose perspective is told in first person, which help us gain specific understanding of his experience.
Who is Homer?
This is the superpower that Homer claims to have on Southerland Plantation, which keeps him out of trouble.
What is invisibility?
A theme shown by Billy’s character development throughout the story.
What is any theme relating to growing courageous/brave?
The most important day for the people in Freewater.
What is Remembering Day?
A trait to describe Sanzi and Juna in parts one and two of the story.
Who is naive and/or sheltered?
When Amina chooses to have Nora speak for the first time, highlighting her rebellion towards oppression and violence.
What is the scene in the story when Anna and Nora attacks Stokes?
What do the bows and arrows represent to Sanzi.
What is her desired identity of heroism, and a desire to be like Suleman?
The characters that were born in Freewater, and witness the harsh reality of slavery for the first time in our story.
Who are Sanzi and Juna?
Ada and Homer have only ever known this place to be home until they travel to Freewater.
What is Southerland Plantation?
The mischievous animal Nora wants to be like.
What is an octopus?
At the beginning of part III, we gain perspective and empathy for this character, now that their backstory is made known to the reader.
Who is Ferdinand?
The word Sanzi uses to describe the embarrassing experience of confessing to having the knife.
What is mortifying?
A turning point in the story that highlights Anna's transition to heroism/bravery.
What is the wedding scene when Homer drops the cookies?
The cabin Homer and Ada lived in when in Freewater.
What is Ibra's cabin?
Homer could be described this way in regard to his promise to Anna.
Who is loyal, honorable, or trustworthy?
Amina chose to include this event twice in her story, to show the vast difference in Freewater and Southerland Plantation.
What is a wedding?
Give some examples of the theme of fighting for freedom. What does freedom mean to the characters?
It means everything to the characters. They are willing to risk their lives to escape and must face the loss of family members in the process.
These two formerly enslaved Freewater children show signs of enslavement based trauma throughout the story.
Who are Ferdinand and Billy?
The place that Suleman feels the most "at home."
What is the swamp forest and/or away from civilization?