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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 concoction does Georgia give to Meena to drink after her first sexual experience in Book Two, Chapter 8?

2. How far along in her pregnancy does Meena surmise Fanta is in Book One, Chapter 3?

3. Whom does Dolly describe as “the Boss man of the whole land” in Book Two, Chapter 9?

4. What is the date listed by the author in the opening of Book One, Chapter 2?

5. What symbols does Meena have carved into her cheeks?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the marriage exchange between Meena’s mother and father described in Book One, Chapter 2?

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

3. How does the narrator conclude the chapter in Book Two, Chapter 6? What are her thoughts focused on in this section of the text?

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

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

6. How is Meena’s relationship with each of her parents described in Book One, Chapter 2?

7. How is the procedure of the slave auction described in Book Two, Chapter 6?

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

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

10. What is Meena’s full name? Why is she located in her current setting in Book One, Chapter 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe and analyze the narrative style of the story. Is the narrator involved directly in the action of the story? Is the story related in present or past tense? What effect does each of these choices have on the reader?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the American Revolutionary War on the lives of black Americans. For free blacks, like those living in Canvas Town, how did the war impact their everyday lives? What did the war represent to slaves in the South?

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