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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. What does Mamed offer to teach Meena in Book Two, Chapter 7?

3. What is the title of Book Two, Chapter 8?

4. What words of prayer does Meena say before the plantation slave berates her for it in Book Two, Chapter 6?

5. What word is used by Meena and the Africans to describe the white man in Book One, Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where and when does Book One, Chapter 1 open? How does the narrator introduce herself in this chapter?

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

3. Who oversees the slaves at Appleby’s plantation in Book Two, Chapter 7? How many slaves does Meena describe there?

4. How does Meena overcome the attack from Master Appleby in Book Two, Chapter 8?

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

6. What setting is described in the opening of Book One, Chapter 2? How is the setting described?

7. How does Dolly teach Meena in her daily tasks in Book Two, Chapter 9?

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

9. How does Meena describe the devastation of the smallpox plague of 1774 in Book Two, Chapter 10?

10. When and where does the narrator say she was born in Book One, Chapter 1? What does she say should happen if she should die before completing her life story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the history and customs of Islam in Africa and on the setting of Bayo in 1745. In what region of Africa is Bayo said to be located? Near what city is Bayo? How many residents of this region were Muslim in 1745? How far away is the next village from Bayo?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the themes of loss and violence seen thus far in Someone Knows My Name. What are examples of loss and grief that Aminata has already encountered at her young age? How is the theme of loss manifested through the character of Fanta?

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