A. The 1960s protest movements
B. The attempts of African slaves to communicate with each other
C. Slave owners teaching slaves Elizabethan English
D. Slaves’ attempts to keep their conversations secret
A. Her own memories of slavery.
B. Stories her grandmother told her.
C. The television series Roots.
D. Slave narratives.
A. Captivity narratives.
B. Abolitionist newspaper accounts.
C. Folktales.
D. African mythology.
A. Trickster
B. Victim
C. Representation of the slave master
D. “Uncle Tom” character who feels slavery is best for the African American
A. A waterfall.
B. Electricity.
C. A war.
D. A factory.
A. She is proud of her heritage.
B. She doesn’t want Maggie to have it.
C. She wants to display it for her friends to see.
D. She loves the beauty of it.
A. African mythology.
B. African American folktale.
C. Greek mythology.
D. Contemporary female artists.
A. The Bible.
B. Greek history.
C. Slave narratives.
D. Abolitionist newspapers.
A. Rabid dogs.
B. Her husband.
C. Snakes.
D. Bertha.
A. They showed that a hero would deliver them from slavery.
B. They gave hope that God would deliver them from slavery.
C. They helped them do their work faster.
D. They were based on African songs.