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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 - 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What handicap does Fomba develop on the journey of the slave-ship?
(a) He has gone blind.
(b) He’s lost the use of his left arm.
(c) He loses the ability to speak.
(d) He has gone deaf.

2. What does Sanu name her baby in Book One, Chapter 3?
(a) Samuel.
(b) Aminata.
(c) Alassane.
(d) Youssouf.

3. What is Meena’s full name in the novel?
(a) Aminata Diallo.
(b) Amanita Equiano.
(c) Amanita Maria.
(d) Aminata Amiki.

4. What word is used by Meena and the Africans to describe the white man in Book One, Chapter 3?
(a) Buckra.
(b) Gullah.
(c) Fulfulde.
(d) Toubab.

5. What is the title of Book Two, Chapter 8?
(a) Words Swim Farther than a Man Can Walk.
(b) Small Hands Were Good.
(c) Milk for the Longest Nursing.
(d) We Glide Over the Unburied.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the underground passage of messages among the slaves that Meena hears of in Book Two, Chapter 6?

2. Meena insists to the abolitionists in Book Two, Chapter 5 that she cannot condemn the slave trade without condemning what as well?

3. Whom does Meena describe in Book Two, Chapter 5 as “the jolly abolitionist”?

4. When was Charles Town founded in honor of King Charles II of England?

5. Fanta is one of how many wives of the chief of Meena’s village?

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