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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Appleby do after he sends Georgia away to attend a birth without Meena in Book Two, Chapter 7?
(a) He reads to Meena.
(b) He sells Meena.
(c) He rapes Meena.
(d) He kills Meena.

2. What is the name of the place that everyone tells Meena she is from in Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) Ghana.
(b) Africa.
(c) England.
(d) Canada.

3. From what people does Meena describe her mother coming from in Book One, Chapter 2?
(a) The Oromo people.
(b) The Somali people.
(c) The Bamana people.
(d) The Fula people.

4. Whom does Meena say she has instructed to change none of her words in the story of her life, in Book One, Chapter 1?
(a) Scott Wilson.
(b) Olaudah Equiano.
(c) John Clarkson.
(d) Hector Smithers.

5. What visitor of Mr. Appleby’s attempts to rape Meena in Book Two, Chapter 8?
(a) Hector Smithers.
(b) Scott Wilson.
(c) William King.
(d) Thomas Peters.

6. How far is Dolly in her pregnancy when Meena first meets her in Book Two, Chapter 9?
(a) 5 months.
(b) 7 months.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 4 months.

7. What is the title of Book One, Chapter 2?
(a) Small Hands Were Good.
(b) Words Swim Farther than a Man Can Walk.
(c) They Call Me an ‘African’.
(d) The Shape of Africa.

8. What is Meena’s full name in the novel?
(a) Aminata Amiki.
(b) Amanita Maria.
(c) Aminata Diallo.
(d) Amanita Equiano.

9. What is the title of Book One, Chapter 1?
(a) And Now I am Old.
(b) We Glide Over the Unburied.
(c) The Shape of Africa.
(d) Words Swim Farther than a Man Can Walk.

10. What year does the author denote in the opening of Book Two, Chapter 7?
(a) 1802.
(b) 1775.
(c) 1757.
(d) 1774.

11. What words of prayer does Meena say before the plantation slave berates her for it in Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) “Allaahu Akbar.”
(b) “Bahá’í Gebede.”
(c) “Praise Jesus.”
(d) “Bəhai duaları.”

12. Whom does Dolly describe as “the Boss man of the whole land” in Book Two, Chapter 9?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) King Charles III.
(c) King Henry IX.
(d) President Adams.

13. What is the name of Appleby’s black assistant who takes over as overseer in Book Two, Chapter 7?
(a) Mamed.
(b) Nyeba.
(c) Youssouf
(d) Alassane.

14. What year is noted in the opening of Book One, Chapter 1?
(a) 1745.
(b) 1807.
(c) 1752.
(d) 1802.

15. How is Meena’s father killed by the captors?
(a) He is shot.
(b) He is hung.
(c) He is thrown overboard.
(d) He is beaten to death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mamed offer to teach Meena in Book Two, Chapter 7?

2. What is the holy book of Islam?

3. What is the title of Book Two, Chapter 6?

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

5. 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?

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