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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Meena describe attending a church service with in Book Three, Chapter 11?
(a) Alverna Witherspoon.
(b) Sir Stanley Hastings.
(c) Daddy Moses.
(d) Solomon Lindo.

2. Who appears in court to demand a claim on Meena in Book Three, Chapter 13?
(a) Sam Fraunces.
(b) Colonel Baker.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Robinson Appleby.

3. What is the name of John Clarkson’s brother who greets Meena upon her arrival to London in Book Four, Chapter 21?
(a) Thomas Clarkson.
(b) William Clarkson.
(c) Andrew Clarkson.
(d) James Clarkson.

4. What term from the narrative refers to American colonists who remained loyal to the British Empire during the American Revolutionary War?
(a) Democrats.
(b) Republicans.
(c) Tories.
(d) Carpetbaggers.

5. Where does Meena begin teaching blacks to read and write in Book Three, Chapter 12?
(a) St. Frances Chapel.
(b) The New York Public Library.
(c) St. Peter’s Cathedral.
(d) St. Paul’s Chapel.

6. Where was Sam, the proprietor of the hotel, born and raised, according to the narrator in Book Three, Chapter 12?
(a) Cuba.
(b) Trinidad.
(c) Jamaica.
(d) South Carolina.

7. Which of the abolitionists tells Meena that he wants to write her life story in Book Four, Chapter 21?
(a) Sir Stanley Hastings.
(b) John Clarkson.
(c) William Armstrong.
(d) Thomas Clarkson.

8. How many years has it been since Meena has seen Chekura when he reappears in Book Three, Chapter 13?
(a) 3.
(b) 15.
(c) 9.
(d) 5.

9. When was the Dunmore's Proclamation signed?
(a) November 7, 1775.
(b) March 9, 1792.
(c) April 23, 1775.
(d) March 26, 1783.

10. What is the title of Book Three, Chapter 15?
(a) The Shape of Africa.
(b) Nations Not So Blest as Thee.
(c) My Children were Like Phantom Limbs.
(d) They Come and Go from Holy Ground.

11. How many years has it been since Meena has seen John Clarkson when he meets her upon her arrival in London in Book Four, Chapter 21?
(a) 3.
(b) 8.
(c) 15.
(d) 5.

12. What name does Meena give her daughter in Book Three, Chapter 15?
(a) Tala.
(b) Georgia.
(c) May.
(d) Sanu.

13. What is the title of Book Three, Chapter 16?
(a) They Call Me an ‘African’.
(b) Three Revolutions of the Moon.
(c) Elephants for Want of Towns.
(d) Small Hands Were Good.

14. Who is the Temne woman that tells Meena that the blacks in Meena’s colony are perceived by other Africans as "toubabu with black faces” in Book Four, Chapter 17?
(a) Nyeba.
(b) Fatima.
(c) Sanu.
(d) Tala.

15. 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?
(a) Theo McArdle.
(b) Scott Wilson.
(c) King Jimmy.
(d) William Armstrong.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Meena in Book Three, Chapter 13 that her service is required by His Majesty the King?

2. Book Four, Chapter 20 opens in September of what year?

3. What is the title of Book Four, Chapter 18?

4. When was the Philipsburg Proclamation issued?

5. What is the name of the black community where Meena lives in Nova Scotia?

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