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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Solomon Lindo tells Meena that they are both outsiders. Why does Lindo consider himself to be an outsider amongst his society?
(a) Because he is Muslim.
(b) Because he is English.
(c) Because he is mulatto.
(d) Because he is Jewish.

2. What is the name of the Bamana woman that Meena encounters during the walking journey in the New World in Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) Tala.
(b) Nyeba.
(c) Fanta.
(d) Alassane.

3. What is the name of the underground passage of messages among the slaves that Meena hears of in Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) The whisper.
(b) The railroad.
(c) The fishnet.
(d) The flock.

4. How is Meena’s father killed by the captors?
(a) He is thrown overboard.
(b) He is beaten to death.
(c) He is shot.
(d) He is hung.

5. From what people does Meena describe her mother coming from in Book One, Chapter 2?
(a) The Oromo people.
(b) The Somali people.
(c) The Bamana people.
(d) The Fula people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Book One, Chapter 1?

2. Whom does Dolly describe as “the Boss man of the whole land” in Book Two, Chapter 9?

3. Whom does Meena say she has instructed to change none of her words in the story of her life, in Book One, Chapter 1?

4. What does Mamed offer to teach Meena in Book Two, Chapter 7?

5. What words of prayer does Meena say before the plantation slave berates her for it in Book Two, Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. How old is Chekura described in Book One, Chapter 3? How did he come to be among the captors?

2. Who cares for Aminata when she becomes ill on the island in Book Two, Chapter 6?

3. How is Meena’s relationship with each of her parents described in Book One, Chapter 2?

4. What is the central dispute between Meena and the abolitionists in London, as illustrated in Book Two, Chapter 5?

5. How does Dolly teach Meena in her daily tasks in Book Two, Chapter 9?

6. How does Aminata describe the journey she is taken on after the auction in Book Two, Chapter 6?

7. Who oversees the slaves at Appleby’s plantation in Book Two, Chapter 7? How many slaves does Meena describe there?

8. How is the procedure of the slave auction described in Book Two, Chapter 6?

9. Where and when does Book One, Chapter 1 open? How does the narrator introduce herself in this chapter?

10. Whose deaths does Meena describe hearing about through the fishnet in the beginning of Book Two, Chapter 10?

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