The Book of Negroes

Chapters 1-3

Reading Check

1. Islam (Chapter 1)

2. Her father, Mamadu (Chapter 1)

3. Bayo (Chapter 1)

4. She’s a midwife; she “catches babies” (Chapter 2)

5. They are killed by enslavers (Chapter 3)

6. Her menstrual cycle (Chapter 3)

Short Answer

1. Enslavers make captives chain captives, they make them march naked, and they are beaten. (Chapter 3)

2. The stories can inform readers about the Bayo peoples’ religion, the rich history of African royalty and ingenuity, and the significance of the river that runs along the Bayo village. (Chapter 2)

Chaptes 4-9

Reading Check

1. An honored village storyteller/historian (Chapter 4)

2. Mary (Chapter 4)

3. 100 (Chapter 6)

4. She can’t forget how Fanta murdered two children, including Fanta’s own baby, during the revolt. (Chapter 4)

5. Georgia cannot pronounce Aminata, so she changes the name. (Chapter 7)

Short Answer

1. She senses he has ulterior and perhaps sexual motives. She is proven right when later on in the chapter, she overhears him raping another enslaved girl.