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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far along in her pregnancy does Meena surmise Fanta is in Book One, Chapter 3?
(a) 5 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 7 months.

2. What does Solomon Lindo refer to as the system he is putting Meena on, wherein she will work for her wages?
(a) The out-pay system.
(b) The servant system.
(c) The indentured servant system.
(d) The self-hire system.

3. What wild animal kills the daughter of one of the captives in Book One, Chapter 3?
(a) A lion.
(b) A tiger.
(c) A baboon.
(d) A zebra.

4. What name does Meena give her daughter in Book Three, Chapter 15?
(a) Sanu.
(b) May.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Tala.

5. Where was Sam, the proprietor of the hotel, born and raised, according to the narrator in Book Three, Chapter 12?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) Cuba.
(c) Jamaica.
(d) Trinidad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Meena’s father by trade when she is a young girl?

2. Who leaps overboard when her baby is killed during the uprising in Book One, Chapter 4?

3. What is the word that Meena uses to describe the storyteller in her village in Book One, Chapter 4?

4. What visitor of Mr. Appleby’s attempts to rape Meena in Book Two, Chapter 8?

5. Approximately how many slaves does Meena describe at Appleby’s indigo plantation in Book Two, Chapter 7?

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