Copper Sun Unit Test Study Guide – Flashcards
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What can you tell about Amari's tribe and her village from reading these chapters? Be specific. Offer at least five observations with supporting evidence from the text.
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• They are oblivious to what is happening with the strangers • Amari is outgoing and a dreamer • She has hopes • She wants to be a weaver, but that's a man's job • The tribe has very good manners, so much so that they would welcome a bizarre group of strangers into their homes. • The tribe is like a family and they very much care for each other. • The tribe is close knit and everyone knows everyone and their story and has been with them since they have been alive. • The tribe is respectful of their elders and would never do anything against them. They respect them very much.
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What are some of the emotions Amari faces in these chapters? What triggers these emotions? Every observation should have supporting evidence.
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• Amari experiences sadness because of her family • Confusion regarding how death was being treated • She experiences abandonment, by her allied tribe and her friends who simply decided to give up. • She shows that she will not give up. She shows a courageous aspect and optimistic take on everything. • She gets mad because she knows that she will be sold • She experienced horror and devastation on how they could do this to her family
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What are the key events in these chapters? Support your opinions.
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• They are traveling to be sold, while about 7 people die/are killed on their journey • Home is gone and they are shackled together and this is an example on how they will be treated. • Besa is ignoring Amari because he feels guilty for letting this happen to them • She met Afi which teaches her how to be strong. Without Afi, Amari would've been whipped and could've died earlier. • When her friend died because she loses hope because her friends die • Afi gives her hope and optimism and teaches her the tricks to getting out of things. Without her help, Amari would've been sad and lonely.
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1. Describe the treatment Amari receives in these chapters. Be specific and support with evidence and page numbers. What does she subtly but repeatedly compare herself to?
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• Amari is probed and looked upon thoroughly by the men (pg. 30) • She was pushed around when she couldn't keep up to the others (pg. 30) • She was burned and branded so they knew she was a slave (pg. 32) • She compares herself to property
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1. Look back through all the chapters up to this point, and describe the changes in Besa. What did he used to be like and what is he like now? Be specific and support with evidence and page numbers.
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• Besa used to be happy and upbeat and now he is downtrodden and disappointed in himself for not saving his tribe and family. (pg. 33) Amari specifically said that his face showed defeat when she would look at him. • Besa is shameful, powerless and embarrassed • Shame is demoralizing and paralyzing • His spirit of life dyed with his drum. He is the broken drum • "Amari's arms and face were lashed and sliced" (pg. 39)
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1. Describe the conditions on the trading vessel that will carry the African men and women to their destiny as slaves. Use information from every chapter to support your answer.
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• Legs chained together and had to lie on the rough boards. • Smelled of sweat, urine and vomit. • The sailors made the women dance so they could use them. The men were not treated this way. • The men were naked and kept in close quarters. They were stacked on top of each other like logs. • The filth grew because no one cleaned • The rats were well fed and would feed on men that were too tired to try to get them off
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1. What is the red-haired man (Bill) doing for Amari? What does it show us about Bill that he is willing to do this for Amari? In what ways will this skill be useful to Amari? Please answer all parts of the question.
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• The red haired man is trying to teach Amari English • Bill looked at Amari when she was dancing, but he only looked at her face • It shows us that Bill is willing to help Amari against his comrades because he has a child of his own. • This will be useful to Amari because she will know what they are saying to her, unlike the other slaves. She could use it to her advantage
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1. What are some of the changes Amari goes through - physical, mental and emotional - as she is on the ship? Be specific and support with evidence and page numbers.
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• Amari becomes a strong person for enduring endless torture(59) • Amari learns how to speak English enough so that she can understand what is going on. (57) • Amari is taken advantage on and she feels violated and alone because she knows that her family is no longer there (56) • She is numbed to the people dying because she no longer. She was always being protected and her innocence was taken away from her she loses her youngness.
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1. Paraphrase the information that Tybee gives to the newly arrived Africans on pages 68-69.
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• Tybee tells the new slaves that they have to learn the English language quickly, but not to forget their own • Submit and Obey if you want to live • Smallpox is the worst disease • They will be held for ten days then sold to the highest bidder • Forget your old life, but not your culture
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Summarize and describe the conversation between Amari and Besa.
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Besa tells Amari that when she looks at the sun and stars to remember him and smile because he wants her to know that she will always be his lovely Amari.
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1. After you have read these chapters, go back and find evidence of Polly's feelings and beliefs (right or wrong) about African people. Be specific and support with evidence and page numbers. You should have several examples.
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• She thinks that they do not have feelings • Polly thinks that they cannot speak or she wonders if they actually speak, or they just bark like dogs • She wonders why they do not feel pain and why they are beaten • She believes that they are not treated badly and that she would want to be one so that she could get a job because she says that they steal all the jobs
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1. What is the economic reason that Polly doesn't like Africans?
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• She doesn't like them because they take all of the jobs and they work for free
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1. Compare Polly's beliefs that "living here in the colonies had to be better than living like a savage in the jungle" to what you know about Amari's life before she was captured. For instance, was Amari living like a savage in the jungle? Be specific.
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• Amari was not living in the jungle like a savage. She was in a community where everyone was civilized and had a way to live • Amari had a better life that Polly, she had a family, and she didn't have to work off her parent's debt • Polly had a horrible life, and Amari didn't, it was the white people that made her life horrible
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1. What erroneous beliefs do Mr. Derby and Clay have about Africans' family ties, slaves, women? Please be specific and support with evidence.
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• They think that they want to be taken advantage of and they deserve to be disciplined they love to be beaten and raped- white women need to be treated like fine china, unlike the slaves. • They think that they are savages • They think that they lived in the jungle with no civilization (85) • They think that taking advantage of them keeps them happy and they know that it is very good to show who the master is and who the slave is • Family ties confuse them so they need to be separated because they are not smart enough. • They thought they weren't human
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What information - direct or indirect - can you glean about Mr. Derby as you read these chapters? Please be specific and support with evidence.
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• He is a slaver and his parents were before him • He thinks that every boy should have the right to abuse their own slave • He thinks that he is above everything. Self-absorbed, everything he does is right • Fearful about things • Greedy • Thinks women should have their place
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1. Describe Amari's feelings as she is sold. What does she NOT know about her future that the reader probably does know?
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• Amari feels alone and distraught • She felt horrible • She knows that she will be a slave, but she does not know that she will survive and be free, which the reader knows • She is ripped apart from her second mother and is heading to an unfamiliar place, she's scared
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1. If you do not know what indentured servitude is, please look it up. Explain it here.
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• An indentured servant is one that works for a certain amount of years in exchange for transportation to Virginia and once they arrived, food, shelter, and water.
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1. Briefly describe some of the things Amari learns and experiences in this chapter.
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• Amari learns to speak English more fluently • She learns to cook and collect eggs from the chickens how to cook the meat. • She learns that she should not let them know how smart she is
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1. On page 111, Clay asks Amari if she likes him. What does this say to you about him?
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• It says to me that he is self-centered and selfish. • He thinks that everyone should like him because he is handsome • He is desperate to have some kind of a relationship for a woman • Jealous and angry at Isabelle for replacing him
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1. There are several significant pieces of information that Teenie shares with Amari in this chapter. What are they? Be specific, and provide page numbers.
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• She tells Amari that once you remember something you never forget it, and that she should not forget • She was raped, but they always move on from woman to woman • Teenie tells her that she comes from slavery and was born there and has no recollection of freedom • Teenie tells her that she has a root that kills people • She tells Amari how to cure cramps and other things with herbs • She shares that her mom was an Ashanti and she has a cloth woven that is a part of her remembering her mother. Teenie was born into slave labor • Clay's mom died while giving birth to him
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1. Amari, Tidbit and Polly share some important memories or ideas with each other in this chapter. What is something that each shares?
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• A- she shares that in Africa is was sunny and happy because her family was there and they were all there to support her and help her grow • T- His mom tells him stories about Africa in private • P- She was poor and her parents loved her and that's all that mattered
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1. What information - direct or indirect - can you glean about Mrs. Derby as you read these chapters? Be specific and support with evidence and page numbers. You should have several examples.
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• Mrs. Derby was motherly and caring • Unhappy marriage and hating son • Her husband controlled her every move • Everyone obeyed her because she was the only white person to smile at them • She was pregnant • She admitted her weakness to Amari - a slave • She's about 18 and married Mr. Derby because she had money • She came there with her slave Noah, because she bonded with him • Noah goes free when she dies • She smiles at the slaves with genuine compassion
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1. As you read Chapters 21 and 22, what changes do you see in Polly? How has she changed from the beginning of the book to this point? Be specific and support with evidence and page numbers.
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• Polly has begun to understand a little of how slaves are treated • She still thinks she is superior, but at least now she feels bad for them, not like before when she thought they weren't humans • She still does not respect how they should be treated • She wants to work in the main house and while Amari is getting beaten, she thinks about how Amari ruined her chances of working there. • Polly is sad whenever Amari isn't around • Uncomfortable when Mr. Derby calls
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1. What do you think of Polly's attitude that "slave women were always called to the bedrooms of their masters - it was simply a fact of life. Myna should understand that by now and be getting used to it" (Draper 138). Be detailed in your response.
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• It disturbs me. These kinds of thoughts were going through this girls mind back in the day, and now we are trying to do everything we can to stop it. The fact that she says it's a fact of life makes me mad, because people should not be treated in this way, and to her, they were not people, they were slaves.
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1. What is your reaction to the revelations and the events of Chapter 27? Be specific and detailed in your response.
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• I thought that Mr. Derby was going to kill Mrs. Derby. The fact that he killed the baby and Noah, makes it worse that it could've been in the first place. She loved Noah and her baby, and now she has nothing
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1. Look over the last few chapters. In what ways is Mrs. Derby like a slave? Be specific and detailed in your response.
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• Mrs. Derby is used at night, just like any other slave • She is looked upon as property, not a person • She is used to show their wealth • He only married her for money and he only buys slaves for money. • She passed like property from father to son and more • Mr. Derby feeds her and does everything for her
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1. What plan is hatched in Chapter 29?
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• They have a plan to put Clay to sleep, then to escape when the doctor takes them to get sold. They will go down the south river down to Florida where everyone is free. Otherwise they were going to be sold, Polly to a whorehouse.
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1. What transformation has taken place in Polly?
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• She has learned to love Amari and Tidbit and Teenie, for she said that she would never leave them behind. • Just a few months ago, she found Amari disgusting, but know she couldn't picture herself without. She had to grab her hand because of the sticky situation they were in • Polly is able to put herself in Teenie and Amari's shoes
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1. What plan is hatched in Chapter 31?
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• The doctor is going to let them go free and he is going to give them money to get them on their feet so they can go to Florida and escape before the next day when they realize that they are missing. Parallel river to the road they are on.
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1. Why does Dr. Hoskins help them?
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• He helps them because he feels responsible for the murder of the baby and Noah. He doesn't want to be an aide in that, so instead, he set them free, and he can also not stand selling people because it is inhumane. No one should be property. He sees that everyone is human and they have needs. Because of his work he sees that everyone is the same. "You're just children"
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1. What do the girls disagree about in Chapter 32? What convinces Polly to go with them?
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• They disagree on going North or South, and Polly is white so she wouldn't understand. Polly went with them because it would be better if they traveled together. Either to Fort Mose or to go North.
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1. What do the girls disagree about in Chapter 33?
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• They argue about whose fault it is that everyone was sick and couldn't keep going • They disagree on the whether to cook the fish or not • Polly says "I'm lost in the forest with a couple of runaway slaves." 216
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1. What does Polly reveal in Chapter 33?
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• She lived in Beaufort for a spring • She also revealed that she still has bad thoughts in her mind about Amari • Her fear and anxiety • She is still a bit prejudiced
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1. Several significant events and pieces of information get shared in these chapters. Please write them down here. You should have something from every chapter.
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• Clay finds Amari in the woods while they are traveling. Mr. Derby has died of a heart attack, or being poisoned. • They meet Nathan and Polly develops a crush, Nathan helps them on their journey • Amari finds Besa only to see that he would rather be dead. He has no right eye and his skin is like leather. Fiona helps them by giving them new clothes, a wagon and more • Amari and Polly realize that they have become friends and that is what matters, not their skin color. They meet Salvador. Salvador tells them where to go and what to do
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1. Who helps the children in these chapters? What kinds of help do they offer? Be specific and detailed in your response.
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• Nathan helps them by giving them a place to stay, then by helping them escape again • Fiona gives them clothes and a wagon • Salvador tells them what to do and where to go
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1. What information does Corporal Salvador give the children? There is more than one answer to this question. Please be specific and detailed.
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• He tells them to journey across the St. Mary's river, then to go to St. Augustine. Then from there to Fort mose is 2 miles north of there. • There are all types of people there, it is a small town of about 100 people. They are all free • There is a black man in charge
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Describe Fort Mose in detail
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• Twenty yards' square • Surrounded by a wall made of logs covered with earth • No markings to indicate what it was • Both black and white soldiers • Moat with prickly plants • Mixed families • Leader was once a slave
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1. How is Fort Mose different from what the children were expecting? What was disappointing? What was reassuring about it? Please be specific and detailed in answering all three parts of this question.
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• They were expecting it to be gold and grand, but it was covered in mud and very small • It was disappointing that there was no gold and that Freedom was not pretty • They were reassured that they were free and that's all that mattered to Amari • Everyone was starting over and in the same position as them • They got payed to be there and work • The white slave owner got laughed at because he tried to take them
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1. What does Inez reveal to Amari that she didn't yet know?
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• That she is pregnant!!!
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1. What is Amari's initial reaction to that news?
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• That she's going to hate the baby because it is Clay's • She is angry because the thought of Clay disgusts her
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How does Amari come to accept that news? What ideas comfort her?
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• She knows that the baby will contain her mother's, brother's, and father's spirit, as well as being born free • Clay's spirit could never touch the child again • Afi, Teenie, and Inez all lost their children, and that might meen that she could lose her child
