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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Book One, Chapter 4?
(a) Three Revolutions of the Moon.
(b) Small Hands Were Good.
(c) We Glide Over the Unburied.
(d) And Now I am Old.

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

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

4. What year is noted in the opening of Book One, Chapter 1?
(a) 1745.
(b) 1807.
(c) 1752.
(d) 1802.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What symbols does Meena have carved into her cheeks?

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

3. What is the title of Book One, Chapter 2?

4. What does Sanu name her baby in Book One, Chapter 3?

5. What wild animal kills the daughter of one of the captives in Book One, Chapter 3?

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