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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who among the slaves with Meena makes the greatest spectacle when being auctioned by fighting against the captors in Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) Fanta.
(b) Alassane.
(c) Fomba.
(d) Sanu.

2. What is the name of the female slave that is taken on the walking journey along with Fomba and Meena in Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) Sanu.
(b) Fanta.
(c) Fatima.
(d) Tala.

3. How does Meena say Fomba was killed in Book Two, Chapter 10?
(a) He was shot by a night patroller.
(b) He drowned in the river.
(c) He contracted smallpox.
(d) He was hung by Mr. Appleby.

4. Sullivan’s Island is located off the coast of what U.S. state?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Georgia.
(d) North Carolina.

5. Where is the narrator of the novel located in Book One, Chapter 1?
(a) Sullivan Island.
(b) Kinto.
(c) London.
(d) Bayo.

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

7. 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?
(a) Alassane.
(b) Youssouf.
(c) Jimbo.
(d) Daddy Moses.

8. What is the language called that Georgia uses when talking to the whites in Book Two, Chapter 7?
(a) Fulfulde.
(b) English.
(c) Gullah.
(d) Spanish.

9. Robinson Appleby’s indigo plantation is located on what island?
(a) St. Helena Island.
(b) Sullivan Island.
(c) Ellis Island.
(d) Montgomery Island.

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

11. What is the title of Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) And Now I am Old.
(b) They Call Me an ‘African’.
(c) We Glide Over the Unburied.
(d) Three Revolutions of the Moon.

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

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

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

15. Who kills the white man that has taken Meena as his assistant on the ship during the uprising in Book One, Chapter 4?
(a) Fomba.
(b) Fanta.
(c) Sanu.
(d) Jimbo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Chekura say sold him to the slave-traders in Book One, Chapter 3?

2. What concoction does Georgia give to Meena to drink after her first sexual experience in Book Two, Chapter 8?

3. What initials were branded into Meena’s chest when she was abducted and sold into slavery?

4. What is the title of Book Two, Chapter 7?

5. What does Mr. Appleby do after he sends Georgia away to attend a birth without Meena in Book Two, Chapter 7?

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