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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Book Three, Chapter 16?
(a) They Call Me an ‘African’.
(b) Elephants for Want of Towns.
(c) Small Hands Were Good.
(d) Three Revolutions of the Moon.

2. What concoction does Georgia give to Meena to drink after her first sexual experience in Book Two, Chapter 8?
(a) Foxglove and pennyroyal.
(b) Vinegar and iodine.
(c) Tansy and cedar berries.
(d) Cherry pits and coal.

3. What is the title of Book Four, Chapter 17?
(a) The Shape of Africa.
(b) Elephants for Want of Towns.
(c) Toubab with Black Face.
(d) They Come and Go from Holy Ground.

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

5. What is the name of the Bamana woman that Meena encounters during the walking journey in the New World in Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) Alassane.
(b) Tala.
(c) Fanta.
(d) Nyeba.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many passengers on Meena’s ship die on the voyage to Africa in Book Four, Chapter 17?

3. What is the date listed by the author in the opening of Book One, Chapter 2?

4. What is the title of Book Four, Chapter 18?

5. Who is shot by soldiers from the Sierra Leone Company as he attempts to help captives being led to slavery in Book Four, Chapter 17?

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