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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. What initials were branded into Meena’s chest when she was abducted and sold into slavery?
(a) M.O.
(b) A.D.
(c) G.O.
(d) B.R.
2. Who does Chekura say sold him to the slave-traders in Book One, Chapter 3?
(a) His aunt.
(b) His mother.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His father.
3. What is the name of the older black man that Dolly buys most of her food items from in town each day in Book Two, Chapter 9?
(a) Daddy Moses.
(b) Jimbo.
(c) Youssouf.
(d) Alassane.
4. What is the name of the village where Meena was born in the novel?
(a) Bayo.
(b) Kassam.
(c) Kinto.
(d) Bururi.
5. How does one of the captives commit suicide after his daughter has been killed by a wild animal in Book One, Chapter 3?
(a) He leaps from a tree.
(b) He shoots himself.
(c) He stabs himself with a dagger.
(d) He leaps from the ship.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Meena’s full name in the novel?
2. Who among the slaves with Meena makes the greatest spectacle when being auctioned by fighting against the captors in Book Two, Chapter 6?
3. What language does Meena’s father’s people speak?
4. What is the title of Book Two, Chapter 6?
5. What is the title of Book Two, Chapter 10?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who are the visitors that Appleby brings to the plantation in Book Two, Chapter 8? What encounter does Meena have with them?
2. Who cares for Aminata when she becomes ill on the island in Book Two, Chapter 6?
3. What does Meena learn about Solomon Lindo that changes their relationship in Book Two, Chapter 10?
4. How is the procedure of the slave auction described in Book Two, Chapter 6?
5. How old is Chekura described in Book One, Chapter 3? How did he come to be among the captors?
6. How is Aminata’s new situation described in the beginning of Book Two, Chapter 9?
7. What is the central dispute between Meena and the abolitionists in London, as illustrated in Book Two, Chapter 5?
8. How does Dolly teach Meena in her daily tasks in Book Two, Chapter 9?
9. Whose child does Aminata deliver in Book One, Chapter 3? What is the child named?
10. Whose deaths does Meena describe hearing about through the fishnet in the beginning of Book Two, Chapter 10?
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