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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One of the abolitionists tells Meena in Book Two, Chapter 5 that the British people are still haunted by the bloody slave uprisings that have recently occurred where?
(a) St. Domingue.
(b) St. Helena Island.
(c) Bayo.
(d) Cairo.

2. Meena insists to the abolitionists in Book Two, Chapter 5 that she cannot condemn the slave trade without condemning what as well?
(a) The British.
(b) Slavery itself.
(c) The Americans.
(d) Africa.

3. What is the title of Book Two, Chapter 7?
(a) Words Swim Farther than a Man Can Walk.
(b) And Now I am Old.
(c) They Call Me an ‘African’.
(d) Three Revolutions of the Moon.

4. What is the title of Book Two, Chapter 8?
(a) Small Hands Were Good.
(b) Words Swim Farther than a Man Can Walk.
(c) We Glide Over the Unburied.
(d) Milk for the Longest Nursing.

5. What concoction does Georgia give to Meena to drink after her first sexual experience in Book Two, Chapter 8?
(a) Cherry pits and coal.
(b) Tansy and cedar berries.
(c) Vinegar and iodine.
(d) Foxglove and pennyroyal.

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

7. What is the date listed by the author in the opening of Book One, Chapter 2?
(a) 1774.
(b) 1745.
(c) 1762.
(d) 1802.

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

9. What term do the slaves on the plantation use to refer to the white man in Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) Bururi.
(b) Buckra.
(c) Toubab.
(d) Kassam.

10. What is the name of the Bamana woman that Meena encounters during the walking journey in the New World in Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) Tala.
(b) Alassane.
(c) Fanta.
(d) Nyeba.

11. What does Sanu name her baby in Book One, Chapter 3?
(a) Alassane.
(b) Youssouf.
(c) Samuel.
(d) Aminata.

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

13. What initials were branded into Meena’s chest when she was abducted and sold into slavery?
(a) M.O.
(b) G.O.
(c) B.R.
(d) A.D.

14. Who encourages Meena to learn the language of the white man but not to teach him theirs, in Book One, Chapter 4?
(a) Youssouf.
(b) Fomba.
(c) Chief Biton.
(d) Alassane.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the title of Book One, Chapter 1?

3. What is the name of the underground passage of messages among the slaves that Meena hears of in Book Two, Chapter 6?

4. What was Meena’s mother’s job in the village where Meena grew up?

5. Robinson Appleby’s indigo plantation is located on what island?

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