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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) 2 pounds.
(b) 1 pound.
(c) 3 shillings.
(d) 5 shillings.

3. 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) Robinson Appleby.
(b) King Jimmy.
(c) Daddy Moses.
(d) The Medicine Man.

4. What is the title of Book Four, Chapter 17?
(a) Elephants for Want of Towns.
(b) They Come and Go from Holy Ground.
(c) The Shape of Africa.
(d) Toubab with Black Face.

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

6. 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?
(a) Tala.
(b) Fatima.
(c) Nyeba.
(d) Sanu.

7. What is the name of the black cellist that Meena and Solomon Lindo go to see in concert in Book Three, Chapter 12?
(a) William Tryon.
(b) Scott Wilson.
(c) Adonis Thomas.
(d) Thomas Peters.

8. On what date does the Joseph depart from New York in Book Three, Chapter 13?
(a) November 7, 1783.
(b) November 7, 1775.
(c) August 15, 1783.
(d) April 23, 1775.

9. How long do Meena and her daughter stay at the Witherspoons before the rioting is said to have ended and Meena goes to see if her home is still standing in Book Three, Chapter 15?
(a) 5 days.
(b) 4 days.
(c) 6 days.
(d) 7 days.

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

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

12. What is the title of the book Dr. Falconbridge wrote about his experiences as a surgeon on slave-ships?
(a) To Purge this Land with Blood.
(b) An Account of the Slave Trade on the Coast of Africa.
(c) The House of Bondage, or, Charlotte Brooks and Other Slaves.
(d) Slave Trading in the Old South.

13. How many years ago does Thomas Peters say he ran from the man who owned him in North Carolina in Book Three, Chapter 16?
(a) 5.
(b) 12.
(c) 7.
(d) 14.

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

15. Where is the location of the offices of the Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade that Meena is taken to in Book Four, Chapter 21?
(a) 233 Old Mission Blvd.
(b) 18 Old Jewry Street.
(c) 34 Waterbury Lane.
(d) 14 Thames Avenue.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom does Meena untie after he’s been assaulted by whites on the road to Shelburne in Book Three, Chapter 15?

3. Where does Meena learn the British plan to relocate blacks that have served the British forces in Book Three, Chapter 13?

4. Where does Meena begin teaching blacks to read and write in Book Three, Chapter 12?

5. Who finally tells Meena that the Weatherspoons departed on a ship with Meena’s daughter in Book Three, Chapter 15?

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