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

2. Sullivan’s Island is located off the coast of what U.S. state?

3. What year is noted in the opening of Book One, Chapter 1?

4. What is the language called that Georgia uses when talking to the whites in Book Two, Chapter 7?

5. What gift does Chekura give to Meena on his first visit to see her in Book Two, Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Meena describe the devastation of the smallpox plague of 1774 in Book Two, Chapter 10?

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

3. How does the narrator conclude the chapter in Book Two, Chapter 6? What are her thoughts focused on in this section of the text?

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

5. How is Meena’s relationship with each of her parents described in Book One, Chapter 2?

6. Who are the visitors that Appleby brings to the plantation in Book Two, Chapter 8? What encounter does Meena have with them?

7. What setting is described in the opening of Book Two, Chapter 6? How do the slaves react to this setting?

8. When and where does the narrator say she was born in Book One, Chapter 1? What does she say should happen if she should die before completing her life story?

9. How old is Chekura described in Book One, Chapter 3? How did he come to be among the captors?

10. How many captives are traveling with Aminata’s group in the beginning of Book One, Chapter 3? Who arrives that is from Aminata’s village?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the protagonist and narrator of the novel as introduced in Book One, Chapter 1. How old is Aminata Diallo at this point in the story? What characteristics stand out about Aminata based on her use of language and observations? How does Aminata change in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze the characters of Fomba and Aminata’s parents in the novel. How old do you imagine Aminata’s mother and father to be? What is the term used to describe Fomba’s status in the village? How does Aminata feel about Fomba’s status as a slave?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the birth of Mamadu, his “kidnapping,” and Meena’s despair over Mamadu’s loss in Book Two, Chapter 8. Who takes Mamadu? Why? How does Meena respond to this tragedy?

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