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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 Book Three, Chapter 12’s title?

2. What is the title of Book Four, Chapter 18?

3. Where is the Joseph departing for when it leaves New York in Book Three, Chapter 13?

4. What is the name of the black community where Meena lives in Nova Scotia?

5. When does the narrator say the British cut off provisions to the colony in Nova Scotia in Book Three, Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the character of Hector Smithers described in Book Four, Chapter 21? What is Smithers’ plight during the voyage to England?

2. Why does Sam tell Meena to make a break for freedom when he does in Book Three, Chapter 12?

3. What visitor comes to Daddy Moses’ chapel asking for a collection in Book Three, Chapter 16? What is this character’s objective?

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

5. What leads up to the riots in Birchtown in Book Three, Chapter 15? Where does Meena go for shelter when the riots break out?

6. What does Meena encounter when she goes to the Land Registry Office in Book Three, Chapter 14?

7. What year and setting are described in the opening of Book Three, Chapter 12? What are Meena’s impressions of this setting?

8. On what date does Meena run for freedom in Book Three, Chapter 12? What does she awaken to on her first day as a runaway slave?

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

10. When does Meena read the peace treaty agreement from the British in Book Three, Chapter 13? What information is revealed?

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

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 Aminata’s journey to the plantation in Book Two, Chapter 6. How far does Meena travel by foot from Sullivan Island to St. Helena Island in South Carolina? How many days does this journey take? How does Meena describe the journey?

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