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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17 - 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Around what year does Meena say she was born in Book One, Chapter 1?
(a) 1757.
(b) 1745.
(c) 1802.
(d) 1774.

2. Who leaps overboard when her baby is killed during the uprising in Book One, Chapter 4?
(a) Sanu.
(b) Fatima.
(c) Fanta.
(d) Aminata.

3. What is the title of Book Three, Chapter 15?
(a) They Come and Go from Holy Ground.
(b) My Children were Like Phantom Limbs.
(c) The Shape of Africa.
(d) Nations Not So Blest as Thee.

4. What is the word that Meena uses to describe the storyteller in her village in Book One, Chapter 4?
(a) Bayo.
(b) Bururi.
(c) Djeli.
(d) Youssouf.

5. How many passengers on Meena’s ship die on the voyage to Africa in Book Four, Chapter 17?
(a) 3.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many fingers is Chekura missing when he reappears in Book Three, Chapter 13?

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

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

4. What is the title of Book Four, Chapter 17?

5. What is the name of Meena’s employer at the print shop in Shelburne, Nova Scotia?

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