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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 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.

2. What is the name of the village where Meena was born in the novel?
(a) Bururi.
(b) Bayo.
(c) Kinto.
(d) Kassam.

3. What is the name of the underground passage of messages among the slaves that Meena hears of in Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) The flock.
(b) The whisper.
(c) The fishnet.
(d) The railroad.

4. What was Meena’s mother’s job in the village where Meena grew up?
(a) Village cook.
(b) Djeli.
(c) Village chief.
(d) Midwife.

5. What word in the narrative is used to describe any of various gourds for carrying water or liquids?
(a) Alassane.
(b) Luxane.
(c) Bururi.
(d) Calabash.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Meena’s father killed by the captors?

2. What is the title of Book One, Chapter 4?

3. What language does Meena’s father’s people speak?

4. Who leaps overboard when her baby is killed during the uprising in Book One, Chapter 4?

5. Who kills the white man that has taken Meena as his assistant on the ship during the uprising in Book One, Chapter 4?

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