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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years ago does Thomas Peters say he came to Nova Scotia in Book Three, Chapter 16?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 7.

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

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

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

5. What is the name of the woman that Meena lives with during her first days in Sierra Leone in Book Four, Chapter 17?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Alverna Witherspoon.
(c) Debra Stockman.
(d) Tala.

6. What is the title of Book Four, Chapter 18?
(a) Help from the Saints.
(b) Words Come Late from a Wet-nurse.
(c) We Glide Over the Unburied.
(d) And Now I am Old.

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

8. On what date does Meena say she and Chekura conceived their second child in Book Three, Chapter 13?
(a) November 7, 1775.
(b) August 15, 1783.
(c) April 23, 1775.
(d) November 7, 1783.

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

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

11. 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.

12. 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) Words Come Late from a Wet-nurse.
(d) We Glide Over the Unburied.

13. When does the narrator say the British cut off provisions to the colony in Nova Scotia in Book Three, Chapter 15?
(a) March, 1765.
(b) November, 1789.
(c) July, 1787.
(d) September, 1777.

14. 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?
(a) Sanu.
(b) Georgia.
(c) May.
(d) Fanta.

15. What section of the British peace treaty for the American Revolution stated that the British would not be taking "any Negroes or other Property of the American Inhabitants" in their retreat”?
(a) Section X.
(b) Section IX.
(c) Section III
(d) Section VII.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the village where the slave-trader tells his workers he intends to sell Meena in Book Four, Chapter 20?

2. 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?

3. Who is the village chief in the village where Meena recovers after fleeing from the slave-traders in Book Four, Chapter 20?

4. Which of the abolitionists tells Meena that he wants to write her life story in Book Four, Chapter 21?

5. How much money does the British military pay Meena per week to record names into the Book of Negroes in Book Three, Chapter 13?

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