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

2. What is the name of the underground passage of messages among the slaves that Meena hears of in Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) The flock.
(b) The whisper.
(c) The fishnet.
(d) The railroad.

3. What initials were branded into Meena’s chest when she was abducted and sold into slavery?
(a) G.O.
(b) B.R.
(c) M.O.
(d) A.D.

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

5. What is the date listed by the author in the opening of Book One, Chapter 2?
(a) 1745.
(b) 1802.
(c) 1774.
(d) 1762.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Sullivan’s Island is located off the coast of what U.S. state?

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

4. What word in the narrative is used to describe any of various gourds for carrying water or liquids?

5. Who does Chekura say sold him to the slave-traders in Book One, Chapter 3?

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