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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 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) Shantytown.
(b) The East Village.
(c) Canvas Town.
(d) Harlem.

2. When Meena finally recognizes the song that is sung during the church service, she recalls who having sung it on the slave-ship in Book Three, Chapter 11?
(a) The Medicine Man.
(b) Robinson Appleby.
(c) King Jimmy.
(d) Daddy Moses.

3. On what date does Meena’s ship sail into St. George’s Bay in Book Four, Chapter 17?
(a) March 9, 1792.
(b) March 26, 1783.
(c) November 7, 1775.
(d) April 23, 1775.

4. How long do Meena and her daughter stay at the Witherspoons before the rioting is said to have ended and Meena goes to see if her home is still standing in Book Three, Chapter 15?
(a) 5 days.
(b) 6 days.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 7 days.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the ship that Meena and John Clarkson take to Africa in Book Four, Chapter 17?

2. What is the name of John Clarkson’s brother who greets Meena upon her arrival to London in Book Four, Chapter 21?

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

4. What is the title of Book Four, Chapter 20?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Mr. Witherspoon predict about the settlement at Shelburne in Book Three, Chapter 15?

3. How is Dr. Falconbridge described in Book Four, Chapter 18? What does he give to Meena?

4. How is the setting described in the opening of Book Three, Chapter 14? What does Meena think of this setting?

5. What does Meena learn from John Clarkson when he returns from his visit with King Jimmy in Book Four, Chapter 19?

6. How much money does Meena give to the visitor at Daddy Moses’ chapel in Book Three, Chapter 16? What story does this character relate upon his return?

7. What year and setting are described in the opening of Book Three, Chapter 12? What are Meena’s impressions of this setting?

8. 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?

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

10. What argument does Thomas Peters present regarding the Sierra Leone Company ships in Book Four, Chapter 17?

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