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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 name does Meena give her daughter in Book Three, Chapter 15?

2. What ship does Dr. Falconbridge invite Meena to join him on to discuss matters in Book Four, Chapter 18?

3. How many passengers on Meena’s ship die on the voyage to Africa in Book Four, Chapter 17?

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

5. On what date does Meena’s ship sail into St. George’s Bay in Book Four, Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the setting described in the opening of Book Three, Chapter 14? What does Meena think of this setting?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What takes place when Meena testifies before the parliamentary committee in Book Four, Chapter 21?

9. 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?

10. How are Meena’s friends and fellow colonists in Freetown killed in Book Four, Chapter 17?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the trauma that Aminata encounters upon seeing both of her parents killed in Book One, Chapter 2. How are Aminata’s mother and father each killed? What effects do you think these traumatic occurrences had on the mindset of Aminata?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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