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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One of the abolitionists tells Meena in Book Two, Chapter 5 that the British people are still haunted by the bloody slave uprisings that have recently occurred where?
(a) Cairo.
(b) St. Helena Island.
(c) Bayo.
(d) St. Domingue.

2. Who does Chekura say sold him to the slave-traders in Book One, Chapter 3?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His mother.
(c) His aunt.
(d) His father.

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

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

5. Where is the narrator of the novel located in Book One, Chapter 1?
(a) Bayo.
(b) Kinto.
(c) Sullivan Island.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does one of the captives commit suicide after his daughter has been killed by a wild animal in Book One, Chapter 3?

2. What does Sanu name her baby in Book One, Chapter 3?

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

4. What is the name of the Bamana woman that Meena encounters during the walking journey in the New World in Book Two, Chapter 6?

5. What is the title of Book One, Chapter 3?

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