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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 - 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Book Three, Chapter 11?
(a) We Glide Over the Unburied.
(b) Three Revolutions of the Moon.
(c) They Call Me an ‘African’.
(d) Nations Not So Blest as Thee.

2. What is the name of the black community where Meena lives in Nova Scotia?
(a) Birchtown.
(b) Shelburne.
(c) Charlotte.
(d) Freetown.

3. Where does Meena send her letter to Sam Fraunces in Book Three, Chapter 15?
(a) Mt. Vernon.
(b) New York.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Boston.

4. What is the title of Book Two, Chapter 10?
(a) Words Swim Farther than a Man Can Walk.
(b) The Shape of Africa.
(c) Milk for the Longest Nursing.
(d) Words Come Late from a Wet-nurse.

5. What is the holy book of Islam?
(a) The Torah.
(b) The Ginza Rba.
(c) The Qur’an.
(d) The Rigveda.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom does Meena say she has instructed to change none of her words in the story of her life, in Book One, Chapter 1?

3. What initials were branded into Meena’s chest when she was abducted and sold into slavery?

4. What is the title of Book Two, Chapter 6?

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

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