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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Approximately how many slaves does Meena describe at Appleby’s indigo plantation in Book Two, Chapter 7?
(a) 25.
(b) 200.
(c) 50.
(d) 100.

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

3. In what newspaper does Meena first see the notice from the Sierra Leone Company for free resettlement in Africa in Book Three, Chapter 16?
(a) The Royal Gazette.
(b) The London Times.
(c) The Chicago Tribune.
(d) The New York Times.

4. What is the name of the underground passage of messages among the slaves that Meena hears of in Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) The flock.
(b) The railroad.
(c) The whisper.
(d) The fishnet.

5. By what name does Dolly refer to the estate owned by Solomon Lindo?
(a) Lindoville.
(b) Lindo Manor.
(c) Lindotown.
(d) Lindo House.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Solomon Lindo refer to as the system he is putting Meena on, wherein she will work for her wages?

2. How does one of the captives commit suicide after his daughter has been killed by a wild animal in Book One, Chapter 3?

3. What year does the author denote in the opening of Book Two, Chapter 9?

4. It is the spring of what year that Meena says “the Methodists crammed into Daddy Moses’ chapel to listen to a visitor from Annapolis Royal” in Book Three, Chapter 16?

5. What year is denoted by the author in the opening of Book Three, Chapter 12?

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