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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 - 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the king that Meena says she is to meet in Book One, Chapter 1?
(a) King James I.
(b) King Charles II.
(c) King Edward IV.
(d) King George III.

2. What is Meena’s father by trade when she is a young girl?
(a) A slave-trader.
(b) The village chief.
(c) A jeweler.
(d) A medicine man.

3. Sullivan’s Island is located off the coast of what U.S. state?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Mississippi.

4. The man that takes Meena as his assistant on the slave ship has what kind of pet in his quarters?
(a) A lion.
(b) A cat.
(c) A dog.
(d) A parrot.

5. Whom does Meena describe in Book Two, Chapter 5 as “the jolly abolitionist”?
(a) Scott Wilson.
(b) William Armstrong.
(c) Sir Stanley Hastings.
(d) Thomas Peters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the slave giving birth when Meena and Georgia go to assist her birth in Book Two, Chapter 7?

2. What does Mr. Appleby do after he sends Georgia away to attend a birth without Meena in Book Two, Chapter 7?

3. What is the name of the village where Meena was born in the novel?

4. What term does Solomon Lindo tell Meena he prefers to use, rather than “slave,” in Book Two, Chapter 9?

5. What wild animal kills the daughter of one of the captives in Book One, Chapter 3?

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