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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who runs the port at Bance Island and introduces Meena to the traders who might act as guides inland for her in Book Four, Chapter 19?
(a) Theo McArdle.
(b) Scott Wilson.
(c) William Armstrong.
(d) King Jimmy.

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

5. What is the name of John Clarkson’s wife whom Meena befriends in Book Four, Chapter 21?
(a) Mary.
(b) Susannah.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Anna Maria.

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

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

8. How much money does Meena give to Thomas Peters during his first visit to Birchtown in Book Three, Chapter 16?
(a) 5 shillings.
(b) 1 shilling.
(c) 10 shillings.
(d) 2 shillings.

9. How many years has it been since Meena has seen Chekura when he reappears in Book Three, Chapter 13?
(a) 9.
(b) 5.
(c) 15.
(d) 3.

10. How much money does the British military pay Meena per week to record names into the Book of Negroes in Book Three, Chapter 13?
(a) 1 pound.
(b) 5 shillings.
(c) 3 shillings.
(d) 2 pounds.

11. Who is the Temne chief that sends canoes out to the Sierra Leone fleet to bring the passengers ashore in Book Four, Chapter 17?
(a) King Jimmy.
(b) Chief Nyeba.
(c) Olaudah Equiano.
(d) King Mamadu.

12. What is the title of Book Four, Chapter 20?
(a) God Willing.
(b) The Shape of Africa.
(c) Toubab with Black Face.
(d) And Now I am Old.

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

14. What is the name of the ship that Solomon Lindo and Meena take to New York in Book Three, Chapter 12?
(a) The King George.
(b) The Lucretia.
(c) The Sierra Leone Packet.
(d) The Queen Charlotte.

15. How many fingers is Chekura missing when he reappears in Book Three, Chapter 13?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Sam tell Meena to hide out for three days in Book Three, Chapter 12?

3. Who is the Temne woman that tells Meena that the blacks in Meena’s colony are perceived by other Africans as "toubabu with black faces” in Book Four, Chapter 17?

4. Where does Meena send her letter to Sam Fraunces in Book Three, Chapter 15?

5. On what date does Meena say she and Chekura conceived their second child in Book Three, Chapter 13?

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