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

2. How is Meena’s father killed by the captors?
(a) He is thrown overboard.
(b) He is shot.
(c) He is hung.
(d) He is beaten to death.

3. Fanta is one of how many wives of the chief of Meena’s village?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Book One, Chapter 1?

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

3. What is the name of the underground passage of messages among the slaves that Meena hears of in Book Two, Chapter 6?

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

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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