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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Around what year does Meena say she was born in Book One, Chapter 1?
(a) 1774.
(b) 1757.
(c) 1745.
(d) 1802.

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

4. Meena insists to the abolitionists in Book Two, Chapter 5 that she cannot condemn the slave trade without condemning what as well?
(a) The British.
(b) The Americans.
(c) Slavery itself.
(d) Africa.

5. What is Meena’s father by trade when she is a young girl?
(a) A jeweler.
(b) The village chief.
(c) A medicine man.
(d) A slave-trader.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Charles Town founded in honor of King Charles II of England?

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

3. What is the name of the female slave that is taken on the walking journey along with Fomba and Meena in Book Two, Chapter 6?

4. Whom does Meena describe in Book Two, Chapter 5 as “the jolly abolitionist”?

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

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