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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) And Now I am Old.
(d) We Glide Over the Unburied.

2. What is the name of the village where Meena was born in the novel?
(a) Bururi.
(b) Kinto.
(c) Bayo.
(d) Kassam.

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

4. What is the title of Book One, Chapter 3?
(a) The Shape of Africa.
(b) They Call Me an ‘African’.
(c) Words Come Late from a Wet-nurse.
(d) Three Revolutions of the Moon.

5. Where is the narrator of the novel located in Book One, Chapter 1?
(a) London.
(b) Bayo.
(c) Kinto.
(d) Sullivan Island.

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. Who is the king that Meena says she is to meet in Book One, Chapter 1?

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

4. Who encourages Meena to learn the language of the white man but not to teach him theirs, in Book One, Chapter 4?

5. How old does Chekura say he is in Book One, Chapter 3?

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