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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the holy book of Islam?

2. What does Solomon Lindo refer to as the system he is putting Meena on, wherein she will work for her wages?

3. From what people does Meena say her father came in Book One, Chapter 2?

4. What is the year that the author denotes in the opening of Book Two, Chapter 6?

5. Whom does Dolly describe as “the Boss man of the whole land” in Book Two, Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Aminata asks Chekura to do when she begins menstruating in Book One, Chapter 3?

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

3. How does Aminata describe the journey she is taken on after the auction in Book Two, Chapter 6?

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

5. How is the character of Dolly described in Book Two, Chapter 9?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the American Revolutionary War on the lives of black Americans. For free blacks, like those living in Canvas Town, how did the war impact their everyday lives? What did the war represent to slaves in the South?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the character of Solomon Lindo as Meena’s new owner. How does Lindo differ from Robinson Appleby? What are Meena’s impressions of Mrs. Lindo? How does Meena’s relationship with Solomon Lindo evolve?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the procedures of slave-auctions in the colonies and the setting of Charles Town. Where were slave auctions held in the city of Charles Town? How realistic is the author’s depiction of this event? How realistically are the slave auctions depicted in Someone Knows My Name?

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