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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) And Now I am Old.
(b) They Call Me an ‘African’.
(c) We Glide Over the Unburied.
(d) Three Revolutions of the Moon.

2. What term do the slaves on the plantation use to refer to the white man in Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) Toubab.
(b) Kassam.
(c) Bururi.
(d) Buckra.

3. Who among the slaves with Meena makes the greatest spectacle when being auctioned by fighting against the captors in Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) Fomba.
(b) Fanta.
(c) Alassane.
(d) Sanu.

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

5. What is the title of Book One, Chapter 2?
(a) They Call Me an ‘African’.
(b) Small Hands Were Good.
(c) Words Swim Farther than a Man Can Walk.
(d) The Shape of Africa.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who encourages Meena to learn the language of the white man but not to teach him theirs, in Book One, Chapter 4?

3. Who is the king that Meena says she is to meet in Book One, Chapter 1?

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

5. Who does Chekura say sold him to the slave-traders in Book One, Chapter 3?

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