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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Book One, Chapter 1?
(a) The Shape of Africa.
(b) We Glide Over the Unburied.
(c) Words Swim Farther than a Man Can Walk.
(d) And Now I am Old.

2. What language does Meena’s father’s people speak?
(a) English.
(b) Fulfulde.
(c) French.
(d) Gullah.

3. 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 Bururi.
(b) The Kassam.
(c) The Ship Chief.
(d) The Medicine Man.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does Chekura say he is in Book One, Chapter 3?

2. What is Meena’s full name in the novel?

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

4. Who is the king that Meena says she is to meet in Book One, Chapter 1?

5. What year is noted in the opening of Book One, Chapter 1?

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