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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Scott Wilson.
(b) Olaudah Equiano.
(c) Hector Smithers.
(d) John Clarkson.

2. What is the language called that Georgia uses when talking to the whites in Book Two, Chapter 7?
(a) Fulfulde.
(b) Gullah.
(c) English.
(d) Spanish.

3. How far is Dolly in her pregnancy when Meena first meets her in Book Two, Chapter 9?
(a) 8 months.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 7 months.
(d) 5 months.

4. What word is used by Meena and the Africans to describe the white man in Book One, Chapter 3?
(a) Buckra.
(b) Toubab.
(c) Gullah.
(d) Fulfulde.

5. When was Charles Town founded in honor of King Charles II of England?
(a) 1598.
(b) 1762.
(c) 1670.
(d) 1802.

6. What is the name of the older black man that Dolly buys most of her food items from in town each day in Book Two, Chapter 9?
(a) Daddy Moses.
(b) Jimbo.
(c) Youssouf.
(d) Alassane.

7. What does Mr. Appleby do after he sends Georgia away to attend a birth without Meena in Book Two, Chapter 7?
(a) He reads to Meena.
(b) He rapes Meena.
(c) He sells Meena.
(d) He kills Meena.

8. What is the name of the Bamana woman that Meena encounters during the walking journey in the New World in Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) Fanta.
(b) Tala.
(c) Nyeba.
(d) Alassane.

9. Meena insists to the abolitionists in Book Two, Chapter 5 that she cannot condemn the slave trade without condemning what as well?
(a) Slavery itself.
(b) Africa.
(c) The Americans.
(d) The British.

10. From what people does Meena say her father came in Book One, Chapter 2?
(a) The Fula people.
(b) The Somali people.
(c) The Bamana people.
(d) The Oromo people.

11. What is the name of Meena’s baby that was taken by Mr. Appleby and sold?
(a) Fanta.
(b) Jimbo.
(c) Samuel.
(d) Mamadu.

12. What year does the author denote in the opening of Book Two, Chapter 9?
(a) 1757.
(b) 1774.
(c) 1762.
(d) 1802.

13. In what city does Solomon Lindo live when he purchases Meena?
(a) Georgetown.
(b) Baton Rouge.
(c) Charles Town.
(d) Savannah.

14. What is the title of Book Two, Chapter 7?
(a) Words Swim Farther than a Man Can Walk.
(b) And Now I am Old.
(c) They Call Me an ‘African’.
(d) Three Revolutions of the Moon.

15. What is Meena’s father by trade when she is a young girl?
(a) The village chief.
(b) A slave-trader.
(c) A jeweler.
(d) A medicine man.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What term do the slaves on the plantation use to refer to the white man in Book Two, Chapter 6?

3. Robinson Appleby’s indigo plantation is located on what island?

4. What is the title of Book Two, Chapter 6?

5. What is the name of the female slave that is taken on the walking journey along with Fomba and Meena in Book Two, Chapter 6?

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