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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. From what people does Meena describe her mother coming from in Book One, Chapter 2?
(a) The Somali people.
(b) The Fula people.
(c) The Oromo people.
(d) The Bamana people.

2. What is the title of Book Two, Chapter 9?
(a) Three Revolutions of the Moon.
(b) The Shape of Africa.
(c) Small Hands Were Good.
(d) Words Swim Farther than a Man Can Walk.

3. What is the name of the village that Chekura says he’s from in Book One, Chapter 3?
(a) Kassam.
(b) Kinta.
(c) Birchtown.
(d) Bayo.

4. When was Charles Town founded in honor of King Charles II of England?
(a) 1762.
(b) 1670.
(c) 1802.
(d) 1598.

5. What year does the author denote in the opening of Book Two, Chapter 7?
(a) 1774.
(b) 1802.
(c) 1757.
(d) 1775.

Short Answer Questions

1. What words of prayer does Meena say before the plantation slave berates her for it in Book Two, Chapter 6?

2. What is the name of the female slave that is taken on the walking journey along with Fomba and Meena in Book Two, Chapter 6?

3. What is the date listed by the author in the opening of Book One, Chapter 2?

4. What year is noted in the opening of Book One, Chapter 1?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Aminata’s new situation described in the beginning of Book Two, Chapter 9?

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

3. Whose deaths does Meena describe hearing about through the fishnet in the beginning of Book Two, Chapter 10?

4. Where and when does Book One, Chapter 1 open? How does the narrator introduce herself in this chapter?

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

6. What setting is described in the opening of Book One, Chapter 2? How is the setting described?

7. What does Meena learn about Solomon Lindo that changes their relationship in Book Two, Chapter 10?

8. What is the central dispute between Meena and the abolitionists in London, as illustrated in Book Two, Chapter 5?

9. How is Meena’s relationship with each of her parents described in Book One, Chapter 2?

10. Who are the visitors that Appleby brings to the plantation in Book Two, Chapter 8? What encounter does Meena have with them?

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