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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Book Two, Chapter 7?

2. Who encourages Meena to learn the language of the white man but not to teach him theirs, in Book One, Chapter 4?

3. What initials were branded into Meena’s chest when she was abducted and sold into slavery?

4. What gift does Chekura give to Meena on his first visit to see her in Book Two, Chapter 7?

5. What term does Solomon Lindo tell Meena he prefers to use, rather than “slave,” in Book Two, Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Aminata’s arrival at Robinson Appleby’s indigo plantation described in Book Two, Chapter 7?

2. When does Meena have her first child in Book Two, Chapter 8? How is this experience described?

3. How does Aminata describe the history of storytellers in her village in Book One, Chapter 4?

4. How does Aminata describe the journey she is taken on after the auction in Book Two, Chapter 6?

5. How old is Chekura described in Book One, Chapter 3? How did he come to be among the captors?

6. Who cares for Aminata when she becomes ill on the island in Book Two, Chapter 6?

7. How is the character of Dolly described in Book Two, Chapter 9?

8. Whose child does Aminata deliver in Book One, Chapter 3? What is the child named?

9. Who are the visitors that Appleby brings to the plantation in Book Two, Chapter 8? What encounter does Meena have with them?

10. How is Aminata’s new situation described in the beginning of Book Two, Chapter 9?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the character of Georgia in the novel. How old is Georgia? Why do you think Georgia takes Meena under her wing? How does Meena feel about Georgia? What role does Georgia play on the plantation?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the procedures of slave-auctions in the colonies and the setting of Charles Town. Where were slave auctions held in the city of Charles Town? How realistic is the author’s depiction of this event? How realistically are the slave auctions depicted in Someone Knows My Name?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the setting of early 19th Century London. Why does Aminata say she is in London in Book One, Chapter 1? How was the abolitionist cause defined at this time in Great Britain? How does Aminata describe her living arrangements here?

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