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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11 - 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Alassane.
(c) Sanu.
(d) Fanta.

2. What is the name of the Bamana woman that Meena encounters during the walking journey in the New World in Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) Tala.
(b) Fanta.
(c) Alassane.
(d) Nyeba.

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

4. By what title does Meena refer to the white man on the ship that makes her his assistant in Book One, Chapter 4?
(a) The Ship Chief.
(b) The Kassam.
(c) The Bururi.
(d) The Medicine Man.

5. What is Book Three, Chapter 12’s title?
(a) The Shape of Africa.
(b) They Come and Go from Holy Ground.
(c) Words Come Late from a Wet-nurse.
(d) Nations Not So Blest as Thee.

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 visitor of Mr. Appleby’s attempts to rape Meena in Book Two, Chapter 8?

3. By what name does Dolly refer to the estate owned by Solomon Lindo?

4. Solomon Lindo tells Meena that they are both outsiders. Why does Lindo consider himself to be an outsider amongst his society?

5. What year does the author denote in the opening of Book Three, Chapter 11?

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