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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 - 6.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Hector Smithers.
(b) Scott Wilson.
(c) John Clarkson.
(d) Olaudah Equiano.

2. How far along in her pregnancy does Meena surmise Fanta is in Book One, Chapter 3?
(a) 5 months.
(b) 7 months.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 8 months.

3. What is the word that Meena uses to describe the storyteller in her village in Book One, Chapter 4?
(a) Djeli.
(b) Bururi.
(c) Bayo.
(d) Youssouf.

4. Sullivan’s Island is located off the coast of what U.S. state?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Georgia.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) North Carolina.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Meena’s father by trade when she is a young girl?

2. What is the name of the Bamana woman that Meena encounters during the walking journey in the New World in Book Two, Chapter 6?

3. What initials were branded into Meena’s chest when she was abducted and sold into slavery?

4. Where is the narrator of the novel located in Book One, Chapter 1?

5. What is the name of the village where Meena was born in the novel?

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