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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does Sam start out paying Meena per week when she begins working for him in Book Three, Chapter 12?
(a) 7 shillings.
(b) 5 shillings.
(c) 1 shilling.
(d) 2 shillings.

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

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

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

5. Where was Sam, the proprietor of the hotel, born and raised, according to the narrator in Book Three, Chapter 12?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) Cuba.
(c) Trinidad.
(d) Jamaica.

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

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) The Medicine Man.
(c) Robinson Appleby.
(d) Daddy Moses.

8. On what date does Meena say she made her break for freedom from slavery in Book Three, Chapter 12?
(a) April 23, 1775.
(b) March 9, 1792.
(c) November 7, 1775.
(d) March 26, 1783.

9. 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.

10. 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) The East Village.
(c) Harlem.
(d) Canvas Town.

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

12. What is the name of the inn where Solomon Lindo and Meena stay in Book Three, Chapter 12?
(a) The Fraunces Tavern.
(b) The Swift Tavern.
(c) The White Horse Tavern.
(d) Ma Rawlins’ Boarding House.

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

14. Where does Meena send her letter to Sam Fraunces in Book Three, Chapter 15?
(a) New York.
(b) Boston.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Mt. Vernon.

15. When was the Dunmore's Proclamation signed?
(a) April 23, 1775.
(b) November 7, 1775.
(c) March 9, 1792.
(d) March 26, 1783.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Book Four, Chapter 17?

2. What is the name of the woman that Meena lives with during her first days in Sierra Leone in Book Four, Chapter 17?

3. For how long does Meena say the Rebels held Manhattan before it was taken back into the control of the British in the beginning of Book Three, Chapter 13?

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

5. What year is denoted by the author in the opening of Book Three, Chapter 12?

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