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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 Two, Chapter 6?
(a) And Now I am Old.
(b) Three Revolutions of the Moon.
(c) They Call Me an ‘African’.
(d) We Glide Over the Unburied.

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

3. The man that takes Meena as his assistant on the slave ship has what kind of pet in his quarters?
(a) A dog.
(b) A parrot.
(c) A lion.
(d) A cat.

4. What year is denoted by the author in the opening of Book Two, Chapter 5?
(a) 1745.
(b) 1803.
(c) 1774.
(d) 1790.

5. Sullivan’s Island is located off the coast of what U.S. state?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Georgia.
(d) South Carolina.

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

3. Around what year does Meena say she was born in Book One, Chapter 1?

4. What word in the narrative is used to describe any of various gourds for carrying water or liquids?

5. What word is used by Meena and the Africans to describe the white man in Book One, Chapter 3?

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