She Would Be King Quiz

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Who is Maisy? (from Pages 157 - 186)

The daughter of Mrs. Johnson.

A white servant who befriends and helps Gbessa.

A black servant who befriends and helps Gbessa.

A servant from Gbessa's home village.

What are Aragon’s plans for Nanni? (from Pages 91 – 110)

He says that he will take her to Africa, but instead plans to take her to England for more research.

He says that he will take her to England, but instead plans to take her to America to work for a plantation owner. .

He plans to marry her and raise her child as his own.

He plans to travel around the world with her and see if her ability to disappear travels with her.

Who is Sia, and what happens to her? (from Pages 233 – 242)

Sia is a black woman in the village where June Dey and Norman are kept prisoner. She is shot and killed in an attack by slavers.

Sia is an Ol' Ma in the village where June Dey and Norman Aragon are kept prisoners. She leads the counter-attack against the French slavers.

Sia is a white woman and fellow prisoner in the village where June Dey and Norman are kept prisoner. She is shot and killed in an attack by slavers.

Sia is the heartbroken mother of a child killed in the attack by French slavers. She kills the leader of the attack, and is herself shot.

What is Liberia? (from Pages 203 – 232)

The new country in Africa, inhabited by freed slaves, that Mr. Johnson and Gerald Tubman are establishing.

The new country in Europe, inhabited by freed slaves, that Mr. Johnson and Gerald Tubman are establishing.

The new country, governed by indigenous black Africans, that Mr. Johnson and Gerald Tubman are establishing.

The region of Africa, governed by a coalition of tribal leaders including Safua, that Mr. Johnson and Gerald are trying to conquer.

What document does Norman find in one of his father’s books? (from Pages 111 - 122)

A list of potential slavers to whom Aragon intends to sell him.

A drawing of Nanni at the waterfall, titled "my Nanni."

A will identifying him as Aragon's sole heir.

A drawing of Nanni at the waterfall, titled “the beginning.”