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

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?
(a) 16.
(b) 12.
(c) 31.
(d) 20.

3. What is the neighborhood called that is made up of shacks owned by free or escaped blacks in New York in Book Three, Chapter 12?
(a) Shantytown.
(b) Harlem.
(c) Canvas Town.
(d) The East Village.

4. 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) St. Paul’s Chapel.
(b) Ma Rainey’s Boarding House.
(c) The New York Public Library.
(d) The Fraunces Tavern.

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

6. How many passengers on Meena’s ship die on the voyage to Africa in Book Four, Chapter 17?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 12.

7. When Meena finally recognizes the song that is sung during the church service, she recalls who having sung it on the slave-ship in Book Three, Chapter 11?
(a) King Jimmy.
(b) Robinson Appleby.
(c) Daddy Moses.
(d) The Medicine Man.

8. In what year does Book Four, Chapter 21 begin?
(a) 1805.
(b) 1779.
(c) 1803.
(d) 1802.

9. Whom does Meena untie after he’s been assaulted by whites on the road to Shelburne in Book Three, Chapter 15?
(a) Jason.
(b) Jimbo.
(c) King Jimmy.
(d) Samuel.

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

11. 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) Olaudah Equiano.
(c) Scott Wilson.
(d) Daddy Moses.

12. Who is the village chief in the village where Meena recovers after fleeing from the slave-traders in Book Four, Chapter 20?
(a) Mamadu.
(b) Youssouf.
(c) Alassane.
(d) Nyeba.

13. 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 Chicago Tribune.
(b) The Royal Gazette.
(c) The London Times.
(d) The New York Times.

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

15. Whom does Meena describe attending a church service with in Book Three, Chapter 11?
(a) Solomon Lindo.
(b) Alverna Witherspoon.
(c) Sir Stanley Hastings.
(d) Daddy Moses.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money per day does Meena earn doing housework for the Witherspoons in Book Three, Chapter 15?

2. What is Dr. Falconbridge’s wife’s name?

3. Where is the Joseph departing for when it leaves New York in Book Three, Chapter 13?

4. What is the title of Book Four, Chapter 21?

5. What is the title of Book Four, Chapter 20?

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