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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who finally tells Meena that the Weatherspoons departed on a ship with Meena’s daughter in Book Three, Chapter 15?
(a) Samuel.
(b) Jason.
(c) Daddy Moses.
(d) Theo McArdle.

2. When was the Philipsburg Proclamation issued?
(a) 1778.
(b) 1801.
(c) 1802.
(d) 1779.

3. What is the name of the slave-trader who agrees to take Meena inland in Book Four, Chapter 20?
(a) Mamadu.
(b) Alassane.
(c) Kassam.
(d) Nyeba.

4. In what location is Book Three, Chapter 11 set?
(a) )Freetown.
(b) Bayo.
(c) London.
(d) Kinta

5. Where does Meena learn the British plan to relocate blacks that have served the British forces in Book Three, Chapter 13?
(a) Cape Hope.
(b) Nova Scotia.
(c) Sierra Leone.
(d) London.

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

7. 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) 8.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

8. In what newspaper does Meena first see the notice from the Sierra Leone Company for free resettlement in Africa in Book Three, Chapter 16?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) The Chicago Tribune.
(c) The Royal Gazette.
(d) The London Times.

9. Who is the former slave author that Dr. Falconbridge’s wife suggests Meena write an autobiography like in Book Four, Chapter 18?
(a) King Jimmy.
(b) Daddy Moses.
(c) Scott Wilson.
(d) Olaudah Equiano.

10. 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.

11. Who is stabbed with a saber as he attempts to help captives being led to slavery in Book Four, Chapter 17?
(a) Olaudah Equiano.
(b) Scott Wilson.
(c) Youssouf.
(d) Thomas Peters.

12. What year does the author denote in the opening of Book Three, Chapter 11?
(a) 1800.
(b) 1811.
(c) 1804.
(d) 1774.

13. Who appears in court to demand a claim on Meena in Book Three, Chapter 13?
(a) George Washington.
(b) Colonel Baker.
(c) Sam Fraunces.
(d) Robinson Appleby.

14. What is the title of Book Four, Chapter 21?
(a) We Glide Over the Unburied.
(b) Grand Djeli of the Academy.
(c) Toubab with Black Face.
(d) Small Hands Were Good.

15. Where do the British set up the enrollment area where blacks can line up for emigration and have their name recorded in the Book of Negroes in Book Three, Chapter 13?
(a) The Fraunces Tavern.
(b) St. Paul’s Chapel.
(c) The New York Public Library.
(d) Ma Rainey’s Boarding House.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does Sam start out paying Meena per week when she begins working for him in Book Three, Chapter 12?

2. How many days is it into Meena’s inland journey with the slave-trader when she overhears him saying he plans to sell her in the next village in Book Four, Chapter 20?

3. What is Book Three, Chapter 12’s title?

4. How many years ago does Thomas Peters say he ran from the man who owned him in North Carolina in Book Three, Chapter 16?

5. Who is the young black woman that Meena sees in the crowd as she approaches Buckingham Palace for her tea with the King in Book Four, Chapter 21?

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