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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 many passengers start out on the ship that Meena takes to Africa in Book Four, Chapter 17?
(a) 150.
(b) 200.
(c) 100.
(d) 75.

2. What kind of business is Alverna Witherspoon’s husband said to run in Book Three, Chapter 15?
(a) A print shop.
(b) A trapping business.
(c) A gold mining business.
(d) A whaling business.

3. What is the name of the woman that Meena lives with during her first days in Sierra Leone in Book Four, Chapter 17?
(a) Debra Stockman.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Tala.
(d) Alverna Witherspoon.

4. In what location is Book Three, Chapter 11 set?
(a) Kinta
(b) )Freetown.
(c) Bayo.
(d) London.

5. What is the neighborhood called that is made up of shacks owned by free or escaped blacks in New York in Book Three, Chapter 12?
(a) Harlem.
(b) Canvas Town.
(c) Shantytown.
(d) The East Village.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Book Three, Chapter 16?

2. Which of the abolitionists tells Meena that he wants to write her life story in Book Four, Chapter 21?

3. How many wives does the village chief have at the village where Meena recovers after fleeing the slave-traders in Book Four, Chapter 20?

4. On what date does Meena say she and Chekura conceived their second child in Book Three, Chapter 13?

5. Who is the governor of New York that Solomon has prepared a letter for in Book Three, Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. What takes place when Meena testifies before the parliamentary committee in Book Four, Chapter 21?

2. How is Alverna Witherspoon described in Book Three, Chapter 15? Where does Meena meet Mrs. Witherspoon?

3. On what date does Meena run for freedom in Book Three, Chapter 12? What does she awaken to on her first day as a runaway slave?

4. Whom does Meena meet at Bance Island in Book Four, Chapter 19? What discovery does Meena make about her past here?

5. What is the history of Sam Fraunces that he reveals to Meena in Book Three, Chapter 12? Where is Sam from?

6. What is described by the narrator in Book Three, Chapter 11?

7. What causes Meena to flee from the slave-traders in Book Four, Chapter 20? How does she flee?

8. How is Sam Fraunces described when he is introduced in Book Three, Chapter 12? What exchange takes place between Sam and Meena at the hotel desk?

9. What leads up to the riots in Birchtown in Book Three, Chapter 15? Where does Meena go for shelter when the riots break out?

10. What ship is Meena aboard in the beginning of Book Four, Chapter 17? Where is the ship sailing and how many passengers are aboard?

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