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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 name of the village where Meena was born in the novel?
2. What is the title of Book One, Chapter 4?
3. What is the name of the language that Georgia teaches Meena that is just used amongst the slaves in Book Two, Chapter 7?
4. How does Meena describe the traditional way that African women carry their babies?
5. What year is denoted by the author in the opening of Book Two, Chapter 5?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Aminata given the name “Meena” by the other slaves on the plantation in Book Two, Chapter 7?
2. How old is Chekura described in Book One, Chapter 3? How did he come to be among the captors?
3. Why is Aminata taken as an assistant to the white man on the slave-ship in Book One, Chapter 4?
4. 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?
5. Whose child does Aminata deliver in Book One, Chapter 3? What is the child named?
6. What setting is described in the opening of Book One, Chapter 2? How is the setting described?
7. Where and when does Book One, Chapter 1 open? How does the narrator introduce herself in this chapter?
8. How does Aminata describe the journey she is taken on after the auction in Book Two, Chapter 6?
9. How does Aminata describe the history of storytellers in her village in Book One, Chapter 4?
10. Who oversees the slaves at Appleby’s plantation in Book Two, Chapter 7? How many slaves does Meena describe there?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss Meena’s successful flight to freedom in New York. Why does Sam tell Meena to flee when he does? Where does Meena go? How long does she stay in this location?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the process by which the slaves were captured and taken prisoner prior to shipment in the slave trade. How did the captors ensure the captives were unable to escape? How were the slave-traders able to pass through each village on their journey?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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