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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the word that Meena uses to describe the storyteller in her village in Book One, Chapter 4?
(a) Bayo.
(b) Djeli.
(c) Youssouf.
(d) Bururi.

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

4. What is the name of the son Dolly gives birth to in Book Two, Chapter 9?
(a) Kassam.
(b) Samuel.
(c) Harry.
(d) Youssouf.

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

6. What is the name of Meena’s baby that was taken by Mr. Appleby and sold?
(a) Jimbo.
(b) Mamadu.
(c) Fanta.
(d) Samuel.

7. 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) 1798.
(c) 1774.
(d) 1802.

8. 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 was hung by Mr. Appleby.
(d) He contracted smallpox.

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

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

11. What is the name of Appleby’s black assistant who takes over as overseer in Book Two, Chapter 7?
(a) Mamed.
(b) Nyeba.
(c) Youssouf
(d) Alassane.

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 on their backs.
(c) In a sling around their waist.
(d) In a sling by their stomachs.

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) Falisha.
(c) Nyeba.
(d) Tala.

14. 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 red-striped kerchief.
(c) A ring made from metal.
(d) A seashell.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What symbols does Meena have carved into her cheeks?

3. Whom does Meena say she has instructed to change none of her words in the story of her life, in Book One, Chapter 1?

4. What is the date listed by the author in the opening of Book One, Chapter 2?

5. What is the name of the underground passage of messages among the slaves that Meena hears of in Book Two, Chapter 6?

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