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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 does Sanu name her baby in Book One, Chapter 3?
(a) Aminata.
(b) Alassane.
(c) Samuel.
(d) Youssouf.

2. What is Meena’s full name in the novel?
(a) Amanita Maria.
(b) Aminata Diallo.
(c) Aminata Amiki.
(d) Amanita Equiano.

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

4. What wild animal kills the daughter of one of the captives in Book One, Chapter 3?
(a) A tiger.
(b) A zebra.
(c) A lion.
(d) A baboon.

5. From what people does Meena say her father came in Book One, Chapter 2?
(a) The Bamana people.
(b) The Fula people.
(c) The Oromo people.
(d) The Somali people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Meena say she has instructed to change none of her words in the story of her life, in Book One, Chapter 1?

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

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

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

5. From what people does Meena describe her mother coming from in Book One, Chapter 2?

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