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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 sells Meena.
(b) He kills Meena.
(c) He rapes Meena.
(d) He reads to Meena.

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

3. What term does Solomon Lindo tell Meena he prefers to use, rather than “slave,” in Book Two, Chapter 9?
(a) Housekeeper.
(b) Worker.
(c) Servant.
(d) Secretary.

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

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

6. Solomon Lindo tells Meena that they are both outsiders. Why does Lindo consider himself to be an outsider amongst his society?
(a) Because he is mulatto.
(b) Because he is Muslim.
(c) Because he is English.
(d) Because he is Jewish.

7. What symbols does Meena have carved into her cheeks?
(a) Crescent moons.
(b) Suns.
(c) Lion’s faces.
(d) Five-pointed stars.

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

9. 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) Bayo.
(b) Cairo.
(c) St. Helena Island.
(d) St. Domingue.

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

11. What word in the narrative is used to describe any of various gourds for carrying water or liquids?
(a) Luxane.
(b) Alassane.
(c) Bururi.
(d) Calabash.

12. How does Meena describe the traditional way that African women carry their babies?
(a) In a sling on their heads.
(b) In a sling by their stomachs.
(c) In a sling around their waist.
(d) In a sling on their backs.

13. How old is Meena when she gives birth to her first child?
(a) 19.
(b) 14.
(c) 18.
(d) 16.

14. What is Meena’s father by trade when she is a young girl?
(a) The village chief.
(b) A medicine man.
(c) A jeweler.
(d) A slave-trader.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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?

5. Meena insists to the abolitionists in Book Two, Chapter 5 that she cannot condemn the slave trade without condemning what as well?

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