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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 - 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Appleby’s black assistant who takes over as overseer in Book Two, Chapter 7?
(a) Youssouf
(b) Mamed.
(c) Alassane.
(d) Nyeba.

2. What is the year that the author denotes in the opening of Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) 1757.
(b) 1802.
(c) 1811.
(d) 1762.

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

4. Whom does Dolly describe as “the boss woman” of the white people and also “the Black Queen” in Book Two, Chapter 9?
(a) Queen Mary.
(b) Queen Virginia.
(c) Queen Elizabeth.
(d) Queen Charlotte.

5. What year is noted in the opening of Book One, Chapter 1?
(a) 1807.
(b) 1802.
(c) 1752.
(d) 1745.

Short Answer Questions

1. What words of prayer does Meena say before the plantation slave berates her for it in Book Two, Chapter 6?

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

3. What concoction does Georgia give to Meena to drink after her first sexual experience in Book Two, Chapter 8?

4. What is the date listed by the author in the opening of Book One, Chapter 2?

5. What is the name of the place that everyone tells Meena she is from in Book Two, Chapter 6?

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