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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 fingers is Chekura missing when he reappears in Book Three, Chapter 13?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

2. 144. What is the name of the lieutenant from the Royal Navy that comes to Birchtown to convince the blacks there to resettle in Sierra Leone in Book Three, Chapter 16?
(a) Sam Fraunces.
(b) John Clarkson.
(c) Theo McArdle.
(d) Scott Wilson

3. What is the name of the black cellist that Meena and Solomon Lindo go to see in concert in Book Three, Chapter 12?
(a) William Tryon.
(b) Thomas Peters.
(c) Scott Wilson.
(d) Adonis Thomas.

4. On what date does Meena say she and Chekura conceived their second child in Book Three, Chapter 13?
(a) November 7, 1783.
(b) November 7, 1775.
(c) April 23, 1775.
(d) August 15, 1783.

5. What is the name of the ship that Meena and John Clarkson take to Africa in Book Four, Chapter 17?
(a) The Lucretia.
(b) The Queen Charlotte.
(c) The Sierra Leone Packet.
(d) The King George.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the woman that Meena lives with during her first days in Sierra Leone in Book Four, Chapter 17?

2. How much money per day does Meena earn doing housework for the Witherspoons in Book Three, Chapter 15?

3. How old was Sam Fraunces when he was sent away from his family and traveled to New York?

4. Where is the location of the offices of the Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade that Meena is taken to in Book Four, Chapter 21?

5. In what newspaper does Meena first see the notice from the Sierra Leone Company for free resettlement in Africa in Book Three, Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Meena taken after she has recovered from the worst of her illness in the village in Book Four, Chapter 20?

2. How are Meena’s friends and fellow colonists in Freetown killed in Book Four, Chapter 17?

3. How are the territories of the American Revolutionary War described in the opening of Book Three, Chapter 13? How do these standings impact everyday life for Meena?

4. 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?

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

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

7. How is the character of Hector Smithers described in Book Four, Chapter 21? What is Smithers’ plight during the voyage to England?

8. What does Meena encounter when she goes to the Land Registry Office in Book Three, Chapter 14?

9. What visitor comes to Daddy Moses’ chapel asking for a collection in Book Three, Chapter 16? What is this character’s objective?

10. How much time has passed between the ending of Book Four, Chapter 19 and the beginning of Book Four, Chapter 20? How does Meena describe this period of time?

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