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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Meena insists to the abolitionists in Book Two, Chapter 5 that she cannot condemn the slave trade without condemning what as well?
(a) The British.
(b) Slavery itself.
(c) Africa.
(d) The Americans.

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

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

4. Fanta is one of how many wives of the chief of Meena’s village?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the word that Meena uses to describe the storyteller in her village in Book One, Chapter 4?

2. Where is the narrator of the novel located in Book One, Chapter 1?

3. What term do the slaves on the plantation use to refer to the white man in Book Two, Chapter 6?

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

5. What is the name of the village where Meena was born in the novel?

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