View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the language that Georgia teaches Meena that is just used amongst the slaves in Book Two, Chapter 7?
(a) Fulfulde.
(b) English.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Gullah.

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

3. 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) Youssouf.
(b) Jimbo.
(c) Alassane.
(d) Daddy Moses.

4. What term does Solomon Lindo tell Meena he prefers to use, rather than “slave,” in Book Two, Chapter 9?
(a) Worker.
(b) Servant.
(c) Housekeeper.
(d) Secretary.

5. What initials were branded into Meena’s chest when she was abducted and sold into slavery?
(a) A.D.
(b) M.O.
(c) G.O.
(d) B.R.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the village where Meena was born in the novel?

2. What is the name of the son Dolly gives birth to in Book Two, Chapter 9?

3. What symbols does Meena have carved into her cheeks?

4. What is the title of Book One, Chapter 2?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the marriage exchange between Meena’s mother and father described in Book One, Chapter 2?

2. Whose deaths does Meena describe hearing about through the fishnet in the beginning of Book Two, Chapter 10?

3. When does Meena have her first child in Book Two, Chapter 8? How is this experience described?

4. What is Meena’s full name? Why is she located in her current setting in Book One, Chapter 1?

5. Whose child does Aminata deliver in Book One, Chapter 3? What is the child named?

6. Why is Aminata given the name “Meena” by the other slaves on the plantation in Book Two, Chapter 7?

7. Who oversees the slaves at Appleby’s plantation in Book Two, Chapter 7? How many slaves does Meena describe there?

8. What does Meena learn about Solomon Lindo that changes their relationship in Book Two, Chapter 10?

9. Who cares for Aminata when she becomes ill on the island in Book Two, Chapter 6?

10. How is Aminata’s arrival at Robinson Appleby’s indigo plantation described in Book Two, Chapter 7?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 881 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample