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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who among the slaves with Meena makes the greatest spectacle when being auctioned by fighting against the captors in Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) Fanta.
(b) Fomba.
(c) Sanu.
(d) Alassane.

2. What kind of business is Alverna Witherspoon’s husband said to run in Book Three, Chapter 15?
(a) A gold mining business.
(b) A trapping business.
(c) A whaling business.
(d) A print shop.

3. What name does Meena give her daughter in Book Three, Chapter 15?
(a) Tala.
(b) Georgia.
(c) May.
(d) Sanu.

4. What is the name of the female slave that is taken on the walking journey along with Fomba and Meena in Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) Fanta.
(b) Tala.
(c) Fatima.
(d) Sanu.

5. In what newspaper does Meena first see the notice from the Sierra Leone Company for free resettlement in Africa in Book Three, Chapter 16?
(a) The Royal Gazette.
(b) The London Times.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) The Chicago Tribune.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What language does Meena’s father’s people speak?

3. How long do Meena and her daughter stay at the Witherspoons before the rioting is said to have ended and Meena goes to see if her home is still standing in Book Three, Chapter 15?

4. Who finally tells Meena that the Weatherspoons departed on a ship with Meena’s daughter in Book Three, Chapter 15?

5. What is the name of the underground passage of messages among the slaves that Meena hears of in Book Two, Chapter 6?

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