The Book of Negroes

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-text review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. What kind of plantation does Appleby run?

A) Cotton

B) Indigo

C) Sugar cane

D) Textiles

2. What war began because of tensions between British Loyalists and rebels in America during the 1770s?

A) The Ten Years’ War

B) The Civil War

C) The Revolutionary War

D) The War on Terrorism

3. How does Mrs. Lindo die?

A) She is murdered.

B) She has smallpox.

C) She has tuberculosis.

D) She dies in childbirth.

4. Which of the following is the best example of the theme The Importance of Names and Naming? 

A) Aminata naming her son after her father

B) Aminata’s Islamic beliefs

C) Chakura’s pet name for Aminata

D) Olaudah Equiano’s narrative

5. What did the historical Book of Negroes record? 

A) The names of Black people permitted to leave New York for Novia Scotia

B) The names of Black people arrested as rebels to the Patriots’ cause

D) The names of Black people who chose to emigrate to Africa

D) The names of Black people permitted to travel to England

6. How does Aminata find out about the death of her son? 

A) She hears it through the fishnet