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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17 - 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the underground passage of messages among the slaves that Meena hears of in Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) The railroad.
(b) The fishnet.
(c) The flock.
(d) The whisper.

2. Who is the governor of New York that Solomon has prepared a letter for in Book Three, Chapter 12?
(a) Scott Wilson.
(b) William Tryon.
(c) William Armstrong.
(d) Hector Smithers.

3. Where do the British set up the enrollment area where blacks can line up for emigration and have their name recorded in the Book of Negroes in Book Three, Chapter 13?
(a) Ma Rainey’s Boarding House.
(b) The Fraunces Tavern.
(c) The New York Public Library.
(d) St. Paul’s Chapel.

4. What is the name of the place that everyone tells Meena she is from in Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) Canada.
(b) Africa.
(c) England.
(d) Ghana.

5. What was Meena’s mother’s job in the village where Meena grew up?
(a) Village cook.
(b) Village chief.
(c) Djeli.
(d) Midwife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Bamana woman that Meena encounters during the walking journey in the New World in Book Two, Chapter 6?

2. What year is noted in the opening of Book One, Chapter 1?

3. When Meena finally recognizes the song that is sung during the church service, she recalls who having sung it on the slave-ship in Book Three, Chapter 11?

4. What term from the narrative refers to American colonists who remained loyal to the British Empire during the American Revolutionary War?

5. Whom does Meena describe attending a church service with in Book Three, Chapter 11?

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