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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Meena say Fomba was killed in Book Two, Chapter 10?
(a) He was shot by a night patroller.
(b) He drowned in the river.
(c) He was hung by Mr. Appleby.
(d) He contracted smallpox.

2. What does Sanu name her baby in Book One, Chapter 3?
(a) Youssouf.
(b) Alassane.
(c) Aminata.
(d) Samuel.

3. What gift does Chekura give to Meena on his first visit to see her in Book Two, Chapter 7?
(a) A blue scarf.
(b) A red-striped kerchief.
(c) A seashell.
(d) A ring made from metal.

4. What does Mr. Appleby do after he sends Georgia away to attend a birth without Meena in Book Two, Chapter 7?
(a) He kills Meena.
(b) He sells Meena.
(c) He reads to Meena.
(d) He rapes Meena.

5. What is the holy book of Islam?
(a) The Ginza Rba.
(b) The Qur’an.
(c) The Rigveda.
(d) The Torah.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the year that the author denotes in the opening of Book Two, Chapter 6?

2. What is Meena’s full name in the novel?

3. Fanta is one of how many wives of the chief of Meena’s village?

4. With whose child does Meena become pregnant in Book Two, Chapter 8?

5. What is the title of Book Two, Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dolly teach Meena in her daily tasks in Book Two, Chapter 9?

2. When does Meena have her first child in Book Two, Chapter 8? How is this experience described?

3. Why is Aminata taken as an assistant to the white man on the slave-ship in Book One, Chapter 4?

4. How is the procedure of the slave auction described in Book Two, Chapter 6?

5. How is Aminata’s arrival at Robinson Appleby’s indigo plantation described in Book Two, Chapter 7?

6. When and where does the narrator say she was born in Book One, Chapter 1? What does she say should happen if she should die before completing her life story?

7. How does Meena describe the devastation of the smallpox plague of 1774 in Book Two, Chapter 10?

8. How does the narrator conclude the chapter in Book Two, Chapter 6? What are her thoughts focused on in this section of the text?

9. How many captives are traveling with Aminata’s group in the beginning of Book One, Chapter 3? Who arrives that is from Aminata’s village?

10. How is the marriage exchange between Meena’s mother and father described in Book One, Chapter 2?

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