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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Solomon Lindo refer to as the system he is putting Meena on, wherein she will work for her wages?
(a) The servant system.
(b) The self-hire system.
(c) The indentured servant system.
(d) The out-pay system.

2. Around what year does Meena say she was born in Book One, Chapter 1?
(a) 1757.
(b) 1745.
(c) 1802.
(d) 1774.

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

4. The War of Jenkins’ Ear was a battle between what two countries?
(a) France and Spain.
(b) France and England.
(c) England and Spain.
(d) England and the Dutch.

5. What year is noted in the opening of Book One, Chapter 1?
(a) 1807.
(b) 1752.
(c) 1802.
(d) 1745.

6. How does Meena say Fomba was killed in Book Two, Chapter 10?
(a) He was hung by Mr. Appleby.
(b) He was shot by a night patroller.
(c) He contracted smallpox.
(d) He drowned in the river.

7. Fanta is one of how many wives of the chief of Meena’s village?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

8. Whom does Meena say she has instructed to change none of her words in the story of her life, in Book One, Chapter 1?
(a) Hector Smithers.
(b) Scott Wilson.
(c) John Clarkson.
(d) Olaudah Equiano.

9. What words of prayer does Meena say before the plantation slave berates her for it in Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) “Bəhai duaları.”
(b) “Bahá’í Gebede.”
(c) “Allaahu Akbar.”
(d) “Praise Jesus.”

10. What is the name of the village where Meena was born in the novel?
(a) Bururi.
(b) Kinto.
(c) Kassam.
(d) Bayo.

11. What symbols does Meena have carved into her cheeks?
(a) Suns.
(b) Crescent moons.
(c) Lion’s faces.
(d) Five-pointed stars.

12. What is the title of Book One, Chapter 1?
(a) We Glide Over the Unburied.
(b) Words Swim Farther than a Man Can Walk.
(c) And Now I am Old.
(d) The Shape of Africa.

13. What is the year that the author denotes in the opening of Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) 1762.
(b) 1811.
(c) 1757.
(d) 1802.

14. What is the title of Book Two, Chapter 8?
(a) We Glide Over the Unburied.
(b) Words Swim Farther than a Man Can Walk.
(c) Milk for the Longest Nursing.
(d) Small Hands Were Good.

15. Who does Chekura say sold him to the slave-traders in Book One, Chapter 3?
(a) His mother.
(b) His aunt.
(c) His father.
(d) His uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the village that Chekura says he’s from in Book One, Chapter 3?

2. Meena insists to the abolitionists in Book Two, Chapter 5 that she cannot condemn the slave trade without condemning what as well?

3. What is the name of the slave giving birth when Meena and Georgia go to assist her birth in Book Two, Chapter 7?

4. Who among the slaves with Meena makes the greatest spectacle when being auctioned by fighting against the captors in Book Two, Chapter 6?

5. What gift does Chekura give to Meena on his first visit to see her in Book Two, Chapter 7?

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