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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who encourages Meena to learn the language of the white man but not to teach him theirs, in Book One, Chapter 4?
(a) Fomba.
(b) Youssouf.
(c) Chief Biton.
(d) Alassane.

2. When was Charles Town founded in honor of King Charles II of England?
(a) 1762.
(b) 1598.
(c) 1670.
(d) 1802.

3. What term do the slaves on the plantation use to refer to the white man in Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) Kassam.
(b) Bururi.
(c) Toubab.
(d) Buckra.

4. What initials were branded into Meena’s chest when she was abducted and sold into slavery?
(a) M.O.
(b) B.R.
(c) G.O.
(d) A.D.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What words of prayer does Meena say before the plantation slave berates her for it in Book Two, Chapter 6?

3. What is the name of the place that everyone tells Meena she is from in Book Two, Chapter 6?

4. Fanta is one of how many wives of the chief of Meena’s village?

5. Whom does Meena describe in Book Two, Chapter 5 as “the jolly abolitionist”?

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