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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does one of the captives commit suicide after his daughter has been killed by a wild animal in Book One, Chapter 3?
(a) He leaps from a tree.
(b) He leaps from the ship.
(c) He shoots himself.
(d) He stabs himself with a dagger.

2. One of the abolitionists tells Meena in Book Two, Chapter 5 that the British people are still haunted by the bloody slave uprisings that have recently occurred where?
(a) St. Domingue.
(b) Cairo.
(c) Bayo.
(d) St. Helena Island.

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

4. What is the title of Book One, Chapter 1?
(a) And Now I am Old.
(b) The Shape of Africa.
(c) We Glide Over the Unburied.
(d) Words Swim Farther than a Man Can Walk.

5. What is the name of the village where Meena was born in the novel?
(a) Kinto.
(b) Bayo.
(c) Kassam.
(d) Bururi.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. By what title does Meena refer to the white man on the ship that makes her his assistant in Book One, Chapter 4?

3. How does Meena describe the traditional way that African women carry their babies?

4. The man that takes Meena as his assistant on the slave ship has what kind of pet in his quarters?

5. What is the holy book of Islam?

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