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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. Who kills the white man that has taken Meena as his assistant on the ship during the uprising in Book One, Chapter 4?
(a) Fomba.
(b) Fanta.
(c) Sanu.
(d) Jimbo.

2. Who leaps overboard when her baby is killed during the uprising in Book One, Chapter 4?
(a) Sanu.
(b) Fanta.
(c) Fatima.
(d) Aminata.

3. Where is the narrator of the novel located in Book One, Chapter 1?
(a) Sullivan Island.
(b) London.
(c) Bayo.
(d) Kinto.

4. Whom does Dolly describe as “the Boss man of the whole land” in Book Two, Chapter 9?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) King Charles III.
(c) President Adams.
(d) King Henry IX.

5. What does Solomon Lindo refer to as the system he is putting Meena on, wherein she will work for her wages?
(a) The servant system.
(b) The self-hire system.
(c) The out-pay system.
(d) The indentured servant system.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Meena’s mother’s job in the village where Meena grew up?

2. Robinson Appleby’s indigo plantation is located on what island?

3. One of the abolitionists tells Meena in Book Two, Chapter 5 that the British people are still haunted by the bloody slave uprisings that have recently occurred where?

4. What year does the author denote in the opening of Book Two, Chapter 7?

5. When was Charles Town founded in honor of King Charles II of England?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Aminata describe the history of storytellers in her village in Book One, Chapter 4?

4. Whose child does Aminata deliver in Book One, Chapter 3? What is the child named?

5. What setting is described in the opening of Book Two, Chapter 6? How do the slaves react to this setting?

6. 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?

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

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

9. How old is Chekura described in Book One, Chapter 3? How did he come to be among the captors?

10. How is the character of Dolly described in Book Two, Chapter 9?

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