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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 title of Book Four, Chapter 20?
2. What is the name of the ship that Meena and John Clarkson take to Africa in Book Four, Chapter 17?
3. What is the name of the black community where Meena lives in Nova Scotia?
4. What is the name of the slave-trader who agrees to take Meena inland in Book Four, Chapter 20?
5. What is the name of Meena’s employer at the print shop in Shelburne, Nova Scotia?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who meets Meena in Gravesend once she’s arrived in England in Book Four, Chapter 21? Where is Meena taken first?
2. What argument does Thomas Peters present regarding the Sierra Leone Company ships in Book Four, Chapter 17?
3. How much time has passed between the ending of Book Four, Chapter 19 and the beginning of Book Four, Chapter 20? How does Meena describe this period of time?
4. When does Meena read the peace treaty agreement from the British in Book Three, Chapter 13? What information is revealed?
5. What ship is Meena aboard in the beginning of Book Four, Chapter 17? Where is the ship sailing and how many passengers are aboard?
6. What year and setting are described in the opening of Book Three, Chapter 12? What are Meena’s impressions of this setting?
7. What is described by the narrator in Book Three, Chapter 11?
8. How is the character of Hector Smithers described in Book Four, Chapter 21? What is Smithers’ plight during the voyage to England?
9. How are Meena’s friends and fellow colonists in Freetown killed in Book Four, Chapter 17?
10. How is the setting described in the opening of Book Three, Chapter 14? What does Meena think of this setting?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and analyze the characters of Fomba and Aminata’s parents in the novel. How old do you imagine Aminata’s mother and father to be? What is the term used to describe Fomba’s status in the village? How does Aminata feel about Fomba’s status as a slave?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the character of Georgia in the novel. How old is Georgia? Why do you think Georgia takes Meena under her wing? How does Meena feel about Georgia? What role does Georgia play on the plantation?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the characters of Dolly and Jimbo in the narrative. How old is Dolly? How long has Dolly worked for the Lindos? What are Meena’s impressions of these characters?
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