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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Meena untie after he’s been assaulted by whites on the road to Shelburne in Book Three, Chapter 15?
(a) Jason.
(b) Jimbo.
(c) King Jimmy.
(d) Samuel.

2. What is the name of the botanist on board Meena’s ship to England in Book Four, Chapter 21?
(a) Hector Smithers.
(b) Scott Wilson.
(c) William Armstrong.
(d) Olaudah Equiano.

3. What is the name of the slave-trader who agrees to take Meena inland in Book Four, Chapter 20?
(a) Alassane.
(b) Nyeba.
(c) Kassam.
(d) Mamadu.

4. What is the title of the book Dr. Falconbridge wrote about his experiences as a surgeon on slave-ships?
(a) Slave Trading in the Old South.
(b) An Account of the Slave Trade on the Coast of Africa.
(c) To Purge this Land with Blood.
(d) The House of Bondage, or, Charlotte Brooks and Other Slaves.

5. What is the name of the inn where Solomon Lindo and Meena stay in Book Three, Chapter 12?
(a) The Swift Tavern.
(b) Ma Rawlins’ Boarding House.
(c) The White Horse Tavern.
(d) The Fraunces Tavern.

6. What is the name of the ship that Solomon Lindo and Meena take to New York in Book Three, Chapter 12?
(a) The Queen Charlotte.
(b) The Sierra Leone Packet.
(c) The Lucretia.
(d) The King George.

7. 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) St. Paul’s Chapel.
(b) Ma Rainey’s Boarding House.
(c) The New York Public Library.
(d) The Fraunces Tavern.

8. What is the name of the black community where Meena lives in Nova Scotia?
(a) Birchtown.
(b) Charlotte.
(c) Shelburne.
(d) Freetown.

9. In what newspaper does Meena first see the notice from the Sierra Leone Company for free resettlement in Africa in Book Three, Chapter 16?
(a) The London Times.
(b) The New York Times.
(c) The Royal Gazette.
(d) The Chicago Tribune.

10. How much money does the British military pay Meena per week to record names into the Book of Negroes in Book Three, Chapter 13?
(a) 5 shillings.
(b) 1 pound.
(c) 3 shillings.
(d) 2 pounds.

11. How many days is it into Meena’s inland journey with the slave-trader when she overhears him saying he plans to sell her in the next village in Book Four, Chapter 20?
(a) 16.
(b) 12.
(c) 31.
(d) 20.

12. Where does Meena send her letter to Sam Fraunces in Book Three, Chapter 15?
(a) Mt. Vernon.
(b) Chicago.
(c) New York.
(d) Boston.

13. How many years ago does Thomas Peters say he came to Nova Scotia in Book Three, Chapter 16?
(a) 7.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

14. How many years ago does Thomas Peters say he ran from the man who owned him in North Carolina in Book Three, Chapter 16?
(a) 5.
(b) 12.
(c) 14.
(d) 7.

15. How much money per day does Meena earn doing housework for the Witherspoons in Book Three, Chapter 15?
(a) 1 shilling.
(b) 3 shillings.
(c) 1 pound.
(d) 5 shillings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is stabbed with a saber as he attempts to help captives being led to slavery in Book Four, Chapter 17?

2. What is the name of Meena’s employer at the print shop in Shelburne, Nova Scotia?

3. What is the title of Book Three, Chapter 16?

4. Who runs the port at Bance Island and introduces Meena to the traders who might act as guides inland for her in Book Four, Chapter 19?

5. What is the neighborhood called that is made up of shacks owned by free or escaped blacks in New York in Book Three, Chapter 12?

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