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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One requirement for relocation by the British was having served the British forces for how long during the Revolutionary War?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 1 year.

2. What section of the British peace treaty for the American Revolution stated that the British would not be taking "any Negroes or other Property of the American Inhabitants" in their retreat”?
(a) Section III
(b) Section IX.
(c) Section VII.
(d) Section X.

3. Who is shot by soldiers from the Sierra Leone Company as he attempts to help captives being led to slavery in Book Four, Chapter 17?
(a) Alassane.
(b) Olaudah Equiano.
(c) Youssouf.
(d) Scott Wilson.

4. What is the name of Meena’s employer at the print shop in Shelburne, Nova Scotia?
(a) Theo McArdle.
(b) Sam Fraunces.
(c) John Clarkson.
(d) Robinson Appleby.

5. Book Four, Chapter 20 opens in September of what year?
(a) 1805.
(b) 1800.
(c) 1802.
(d) 1779.

6. What is the name of the ship that Meena takes to England in Book Four, Chapter 21?
(a) The Lucretia.
(b) The Queen Charlotte.
(c) The King George.
(d) The Sierra Leone Packet.

7. Where is the Joseph departing for when it leaves New York in Book Three, Chapter 13?
(a) Annapolis Royal.
(b) Shelburne.
(c) Birchtown.
(d) Sierra Leone.

8. How many years has it been since Meena first visited Bance Island and met William Armstrong in the beginning of Book Four, Chapter 20?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 8.

9. Who does Sam say plans to make him head chef at his residence in Mt. Vernon in Book Three, Chapter 13?
(a) George Washington.
(b) Samuel Adams.
(c) William McKinley.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

10. What is the title of Book Three, Chapter 16?
(a) They Call Me an ‘African’.
(b) Elephants for Want of Towns.
(c) Three Revolutions of the Moon.
(d) Small Hands Were Good.

11. What year is denoted by the author in the opening of Book Three, Chapter 12?
(a) 1759.
(b) 1802.
(c) 1777.
(d) 1775.

12. What does John Clarkson tell the Nova Scotians they will name their colony in Sierra Leone in Book Four, Chapter 17?
(a) Freetown.
(b) Capetown.
(c) Liberia.
(d) Sierra.

13. What is the title of Book Four, Chapter 19?
(a) G is for Grant, and O for Oswald.
(b) Words Come Late from a Wet-nurse.
(c) And Now I am Old.
(d) We Glide Over the Unburied.

14. What is the name of the black community where Meena lives in Nova Scotia?
(a) Birchtown.
(b) Freetown.
(c) Shelburne.
(d) Charlotte.

15. How much money per day does Meena earn doing housework for the Witherspoons in Book Three, Chapter 15?
(a) 1 pound.
(b) 5 shillings.
(c) 3 shillings.
(d) 1 shilling.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the narrator say the British cut off provisions to the colony in Nova Scotia in Book Three, Chapter 15?

2. On what date does Meena’s ship sail into St. George’s Bay in Book Four, Chapter 17?

3. When was the Philipsburg Proclamation issued?

4. On what date does the Joseph depart from New York in Book Three, Chapter 13?

5. In what location is Book Three, Chapter 11 set?

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