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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 Muslim.
(b) Because he is Jewish.
(c) Because he is mulatto.
(d) Because he is English.

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

5. With whose child does Meena become pregnant in Book Two, Chapter 8?
(a) Mr. Appleby’s.
(b) Chekura’s.
(c) Youssouf’s.
(d) Fomba’s.

6. 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) Fatima.
(b) Fanta.
(c) Sanu.
(d) Tala.

7. Around what year does Meena say she was born in Book One, Chapter 1?
(a) 1802.
(b) 1757.
(c) 1774.
(d) 1745.

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

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

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

11. What gift does Chekura give to Meena on his first visit to see her in Book Two, Chapter 7?
(a) A blue scarf.
(b) A ring made from metal.
(c) A seashell.
(d) A red-striped kerchief.

12. In what year does Meena say a smallpox epidemic swept through her region, killing over 200 people, in Book Two, Chapter 10?
(a) 1776.
(b) 1774.
(c) 1798.
(d) 1802.

13. What is the name of the slave giving birth when Meena and Georgia go to assist her birth in Book Two, Chapter 7?
(a) Alassane.
(b) Nyeba.
(c) Tala.
(d) Falisha.

14. The War of Jenkins’ Ear was a battle between what two countries?
(a) England and Spain.
(b) France and Spain.
(c) England and the Dutch.
(d) France and England.

15. How far along in her pregnancy does Meena surmise Fanta is in Book One, Chapter 3?
(a) 7 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 5 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what people does Meena say her father came in Book One, Chapter 2?

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

3. What year does the author denote in the opening of Book Two, Chapter 7?

4. What word in the narrative is used to describe any of various gourds for carrying water or liquids?

5. How does Meena describe the traditional way that African women carry their babies?

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