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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. On what date does the Joseph depart from New York in Book Three, Chapter 13?
(a) August 15, 1783.
(b) April 23, 1775.
(c) November 7, 1775.
(d) November 7, 1783.

2. Who is the Temne woman that tells Meena that the blacks in Meena’s colony are perceived by other Africans as "toubabu with black faces” in Book Four, Chapter 17?
(a) Fatima.
(b) Tala.
(c) Nyeba.
(d) Sanu.

3. What is the title of Book Four, Chapter 20?
(a) God Willing.
(b) Toubab with Black Face.
(c) The Shape of Africa.
(d) And Now I am Old.

4. Who is the village chief in the village where Meena recovers after fleeing from the slave-traders in Book Four, Chapter 20?
(a) Alassane.
(b) Youssouf.
(c) Mamadu.
(d) Nyeba.

5. What is the title of Book Three, Chapter 11?
(a) Three Revolutions of the Moon.
(b) We Glide Over the Unburied.
(c) Nations Not So Blest as Thee.
(d) They Call Me an ‘African’.

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. What year does the author denote in the opening of Book Three, Chapter 11?

3. Where is the Joseph departing for when it leaves New York in Book Three, Chapter 13?

4. When was the Dunmore's Proclamation signed?

5. For how long does Meena say the Rebels held Manhattan before it was taken back into the control of the British in the beginning of Book Three, Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What information does Lieutenant Clarkson present to Daddy Moses’ congregation in Book Three, Chapter 16?

4. 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?

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

10. Who meets Meena in Gravesend once she’s arrived in England in Book Four, Chapter 21? Where is Meena taken first?

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