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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What year does the author denote in the opening of Book Two, Chapter 9?
(a) 1802.
(b) 1762.
(c) 1774.
(d) 1757.

3. Who leaps overboard when her baby is killed during the uprising in Book One, Chapter 4?
(a) Sanu.
(b) Aminata.
(c) Fatima.
(d) Fanta.

4. About what percentage of the people does Meena say were Muslim in her village growing up?
(a) 10%.
(b) 25%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 75%.

5. When was Charles Town founded in honor of King Charles II of England?
(a) 1598.
(b) 1762.
(c) 1670.
(d) 1802.

6. What is the holy book of Islam?
(a) The Rigveda.
(b) The Torah.
(c) The Ginza Rba.
(d) The Qur’an.

7. What is the title of Book One, Chapter 3?
(a) They Call Me an ‘African’.
(b) The Shape of Africa.
(c) Three Revolutions of the Moon.
(d) Words Come Late from a Wet-nurse.

8. In what city does Solomon Lindo live when he purchases Meena?
(a) Georgetown.
(b) Baton Rouge.
(c) Charles Town.
(d) Savannah.

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

10. The man that takes Meena as his assistant on the slave ship has what kind of pet in his quarters?
(a) A cat.
(b) A lion.
(c) A dog.
(d) A parrot.

11. What language does Meena’s father’s people speak?
(a) Gullah.
(b) English.
(c) Fulfulde.
(d) French.

12. 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) Hector Smithers.
(d) John Clarkson.

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

14. What was Meena’s mother’s job in the village where Meena grew up?
(a) Village cook.
(b) Midwife.
(c) Village chief.
(d) Djeli.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Book Two, Chapter 10?

2. Solomon Lindo tells Meena that they are both outsiders. Why does Lindo consider himself to be an outsider amongst his society?

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 is the name of the language that Georgia teaches Meena that is just used amongst the slaves in Book Two, Chapter 7?

5. What handicap does Fomba develop on the journey of the slave-ship?

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