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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 - 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year is denoted by the author in the opening of Book Two, Chapter 5?
(a) 1774.
(b) 1745.
(c) 1803.
(d) 1790.

2. What is the name of the place that everyone tells Meena she is from in Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) Ghana.
(b) England.
(c) Africa.
(d) Canada.

3. In what year does Meena say a smallpox epidemic swept through her region, killing over 200 people, in Book Two, Chapter 10?
(a) 1798.
(b) 1776.
(c) 1802.
(d) 1774.

4. Whom does Dolly describe as “the boss woman” of the white people and also “the Black Queen” in Book Two, Chapter 9?
(a) Queen Mary.
(b) Queen Virginia.
(c) Queen Charlotte.
(d) Queen Elizabeth.

5. What term does Solomon Lindo tell Meena he prefers to use, rather than “slave,” in Book Two, Chapter 9?
(a) Housekeeper.
(b) Servant.
(c) Secretary.
(d) Worker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word in the narrative is used to describe any of various gourds for carrying water or liquids?

2. What is the name of the black community where Meena lives in Nova Scotia?

3. How does Meena describe the traditional way that African women carry their babies?

4. When does the narrator say the British cut off provisions to the colony in Nova Scotia in Book Three, Chapter 15?

5. What does Solomon Lindo refer to as the system he is putting Meena on, wherein she will work for her wages?

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