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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 144. What is the name of the lieutenant from the Royal Navy that comes to Birchtown to convince the blacks there to resettle in Sierra Leone in Book Three, Chapter 16?
(a) John Clarkson.
(b) Scott Wilson
(c) Theo McArdle.
(d) Sam Fraunces.

2. What term do the slaves on the plantation use to refer to the white man in Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) Kassam.
(b) Toubab.
(c) Bururi.
(d) Buckra.

3. What is the title of Book Three, Chapter 16?
(a) Elephants for Want of Towns.
(b) Small Hands Were Good.
(c) Three Revolutions of the Moon.
(d) They Call Me an ‘African’.

4. What is the name of Meena’s employer at the print shop in Shelburne, Nova Scotia?
(a) Robinson Appleby.
(b) John Clarkson.
(c) Sam Fraunces.
(d) Theo McArdle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Meena untie after he’s been assaulted by whites on the road to Shelburne in Book Three, Chapter 15?

2. What is the name of the older black man that Dolly buys most of her food items from in town each day in Book Two, Chapter 9?

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

4. What name does Meena give her daughter in Book Three, Chapter 15?

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

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