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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Alassane.
(b) Jimbo.
(c) Daddy Moses.
(d) Youssouf.

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?
(a) Canvas Town.
(b) The East Village.
(c) Harlem.
(d) Shantytown.

3. Where is the Joseph departing for when it leaves New York in Book Three, Chapter 13?
(a) Shelburne.
(b) Birchtown.
(c) Annapolis Royal.
(d) Sierra Leone.

4. Where does Meena begin teaching blacks to read and write in Book Three, Chapter 12?
(a) St. Paul’s Chapel.
(b) St. Frances Chapel.
(c) The New York Public Library.
(d) St. Peter’s Cathedral.

5. For how long does Meena say the Rebels held Manhattan before it was taken back into the control of the British in the beginning of Book Three, Chapter 13?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 3 months.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Where is the narrator of the novel located in Book One, Chapter 1?

4. How does Meena say Fomba was killed in Book Two, Chapter 10?

5. When was the Philipsburg Proclamation issued?

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