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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 - 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of the slave giving birth when Meena and Georgia go to assist her birth in Book Two, Chapter 7?
(a) Nyeba.
(b) Alassane.
(c) Falisha.
(d) Tala.

4. On what date does the Joseph depart from New York in Book Three, Chapter 13?
(a) November 7, 1783.
(b) November 7, 1775.
(c) August 15, 1783.
(d) April 23, 1775.

5. By what title does Meena refer to the white man on the ship that makes her his assistant in Book One, Chapter 4?
(a) The Ship Chief.
(b) The Kassam.
(c) The Medicine Man.
(d) The Bururi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the ship that Solomon Lindo and Meena take to New York in Book Three, Chapter 12?

2. What is the neighborhood called that is made up of shacks owned by free or escaped blacks in New York in Book Three, Chapter 12?

3. 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?

4. Who appears in court to demand a claim on Meena in Book Three, Chapter 13?

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

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