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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 old is Meena when she gives birth to her first child?
(a) 19.
(b) 14.
(c) 18.
(d) 16.
2. When Meena goes with Georgia to assist in the birthing of another slave’s baby in Book Two, Chapter 7, the slave giving birth only speaks what language?
(a) Bamana.
(b) Gullah.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Fulfulde.
3. What is the name of the village that Chekura says he’s from in Book One, Chapter 3?
(a) Birchtown.
(b) Bayo.
(c) Kinta.
(d) Kassam.
4. What is the name of the slave giving birth when Meena and Georgia go to assist her birth in Book Two, Chapter 7?
(a) Alassane.
(b) Falisha.
(c) Nyeba.
(d) Tala.
5. Whom does Meena say she has instructed to change none of her words in the story of her life, in Book One, Chapter 1?
(a) John Clarkson.
(b) Hector Smithers.
(c) Olaudah Equiano.
(d) Scott Wilson.
Short Answer Questions
1. What visitor of Mr. Appleby’s attempts to rape Meena in Book Two, Chapter 8?
2. Robinson Appleby’s indigo plantation is located on what island?
3. Who kills the white man that has taken Meena as his assistant on the ship during the uprising in Book One, Chapter 4?
4. 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?
5. What concoction does Georgia give to Meena to drink after her first sexual experience in Book Two, Chapter 8?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who oversees the slaves at Appleby’s plantation in Book Two, Chapter 7? How many slaves does Meena describe there?
2. What does Aminata asks Chekura to do when she begins menstruating in Book One, Chapter 3?
3. How is Aminata’s arrival at Robinson Appleby’s indigo plantation described in Book Two, Chapter 7?
4. How is Meena’s relationship with each of her parents described in Book One, Chapter 2?
5. Why is Aminata taken as an assistant to the white man on the slave-ship in Book One, Chapter 4?
6. How old is Chekura described in Book One, Chapter 3? How did he come to be among the captors?
7. How does Aminata describe the history of storytellers in her village in Book One, Chapter 4?
8. How does Aminata describe the journey she is taken on after the auction in Book Two, Chapter 6?
9. What is Meena’s full name? Why is she located in her current setting in Book One, Chapter 1?
10. Who cares for Aminata when she becomes ill on the island in Book Two, Chapter 6?
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