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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17 - 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money does Meena give to Thomas Peters during his first visit to Birchtown in Book Three, Chapter 16?
(a) 1 shilling.
(b) 2 shillings.
(c) 10 shillings.
(d) 5 shillings.

2. What language does Meena’s father’s people speak?
(a) English.
(b) Gullah.
(c) French.
(d) Fulfulde.

3. What is the year that the author denotes in the opening of Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) 1757.
(b) 1762.
(c) 1802.
(d) 1811.

4. What is the title of Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) We Glide Over the Unburied.
(b) They Call Me an ‘African’.
(c) And Now I am Old.
(d) Three Revolutions of the Moon.

5. What does Mr. Appleby do after he sends Georgia away to attend a birth without Meena in Book Two, Chapter 7?
(a) He kills Meena.
(b) He rapes Meena.
(c) He sells Meena.
(d) He reads to Meena.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years ago does Thomas Peters say he came to Nova Scotia in Book Three, Chapter 16?

2. How much money does the British military pay Meena per week to record names into the Book of Negroes in Book Three, Chapter 13?

3. What is Meena’s full name in the novel?

4. Who among the slaves with Meena makes the greatest spectacle when being auctioned by fighting against the captors in Book Two, Chapter 6?

5. What is the language called that Georgia uses when talking to the whites in Book Two, Chapter 7?

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