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

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

3. How much money does the British military pay Meena per week to record names into the Book of Negroes in Book Three, Chapter 13?

4. What is the title of Book Four, Chapter 19?

5. Where does Meena begin teaching blacks to read and write in Book Three, Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the history of Sam Fraunces that he reveals to Meena in Book Three, Chapter 12? Where is Sam from?

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

3. Whom does Meena meet at Bance Island in Book Four, Chapter 19? What discovery does Meena make about her past here?

4. What information does Lieutenant Clarkson present to Daddy Moses’ congregation in Book Three, Chapter 16?

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

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

7. What is described by the narrator in Book Three, Chapter 11?

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

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

10. What does Meena learn from John Clarkson when he returns from his visit with King Jimmy in Book Four, Chapter 19?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the birth of Mamadu, his “kidnapping,” and Meena’s despair over Mamadu’s loss in Book Two, Chapter 8. Who takes Mamadu? Why? How does Meena respond to this tragedy?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Chief Biton and his organization and planning of the slave revolt in Book One, Chapter 4. How was Biton able to unlock his shackles? How was information passed between the slaves? Why do you think the revolt was unsuccessful?

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