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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. Where do the British set up the enrollment area where blacks can line up for emigration and have their name recorded in the Book of Negroes in Book Three, Chapter 13?
(a) The Fraunces Tavern.
(b) St. Paul’s Chapel.
(c) The New York Public Library.
(d) Ma Rainey’s Boarding House.

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

3. How many passengers on Meena’s ship die on the voyage to Africa in Book Four, Chapter 17?
(a) 7.
(b) 12.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

4. In what newspaper does Meena first see the notice from the Sierra Leone Company for free resettlement in Africa in Book Three, Chapter 16?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) The Royal Gazette.
(c) The Chicago Tribune.
(d) The London Times.

5. What is the name of John Clarkson’s wife whom Meena befriends in Book Four, Chapter 21?
(a) Mary.
(b) Susannah.
(c) Anna Maria.
(d) Sarah.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Book Four, Chapter 17?

2. In what year does Book Four, Chapter 21 begin?

3. 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?

4. When does the narrator say the British cut off provisions to the colony in Nova Scotia in Book Three, Chapter 15?

5. Where does Sam tell Meena to hide out for three days in Book Three, Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When does Meena read the peace treaty agreement from the British in Book Three, Chapter 13? What information is revealed?

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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