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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 - 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does one of the captives commit suicide after his daughter has been killed by a wild animal in Book One, Chapter 3?
(a) He stabs himself with a dagger.
(b) He shoots himself.
(c) He leaps from the ship.
(d) He leaps from a tree.

3. Who kills the white man that has taken Meena as his assistant on the ship during the uprising in Book One, Chapter 4?
(a) Sanu.
(b) Fanta.
(c) Fomba.
(d) Jimbo.

4. About what percentage of the people does Meena say were Muslim in her village growing up?
(a) 50%.
(b) 25%.
(c) 75%.
(d) 10%.

5. What is the date listed by the author in the opening of Book One, Chapter 2?
(a) 1745.
(b) 1762.
(c) 1802.
(d) 1774.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Meena’s mother’s job in the village where Meena grew up?

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

4. How far along in her pregnancy does Meena surmise Fanta is in Book One, Chapter 3?

5. What is the name of the village that Chekura says he’s from in Book One, Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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