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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year is denoted by the author in the opening of Book Two, Chapter 5?
(a) 1774.
(b) 1790.
(c) 1745.
(d) 1803.

2. How old does Chekura say he is in Book One, Chapter 3?
(a) 16.
(b) 12.
(c) 14.
(d) 15.

3. What is the name of the village where Meena was born in the novel?
(a) Kassam.
(b) Bayo.
(c) Bururi.
(d) Kinto.

4. When did the War of Jenkins’ Ear take place?
(a) 1739-1748.
(b) 1741-1753.
(c) 1718-1723.
(d) 1659-1669.

5. What visitor of Mr. Appleby’s attempts to rape Meena in Book Two, Chapter 8?
(a) William King.
(b) Scott Wilson.
(c) Thomas Peters.
(d) Hector Smithers.

6. What is the name of the language that Georgia teaches Meena that is just used amongst the slaves in Book Two, Chapter 7?
(a) Spanish.
(b) English.
(c) Fulfulde.
(d) Gullah.

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

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

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

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

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

12. When Meena goes with Georgia to assist in the birthing of another slave’s baby in Book Two, Chapter 7, the slave giving birth only speaks what language?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Bamana.
(c) Gullah.
(d) Fulfulde.

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

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

15. How does one of the captives commit suicide after his daughter has been killed by a wild animal in Book One, Chapter 3?
(a) He leaps from the ship.
(b) He leaps from a tree.
(c) He stabs himself with a dagger.
(d) He shoots himself.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom does Meena describe in Book Two, Chapter 5 as “the jolly abolitionist”?

3. What is the language called that Georgia uses when talking to the whites in Book Two, Chapter 7?

4. What is the name of the Bamana woman that Meena encounters during the walking journey in the New World in Book Two, Chapter 6?

5. What is the year that the author denotes in the opening of Book Two, Chapter 6?

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