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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 describe in Book Two, Chapter 5 as “the jolly abolitionist”?
(a) William Armstrong.
(b) Scott Wilson.
(c) Thomas Peters.
(d) Sir Stanley Hastings.

2. Who does Chekura say sold him to the slave-traders in Book One, Chapter 3?
(a) His mother.
(b) His aunt.
(c) His father.
(d) His uncle.

3. What word is used by Meena and the Africans to describe the white man in Book One, Chapter 3?
(a) Buckra.
(b) Fulfulde.
(c) Toubab.
(d) Gullah.

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

5. Who kills the white man that has taken Meena as his assistant on the ship during the uprising in Book One, Chapter 4?
(a) Fanta.
(b) Jimbo.
(c) Fomba.
(d) Sanu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the holy book of Islam?

2. What year is denoted by the author in the opening of Book Two, Chapter 5?

3. Who leaps overboard when her baby is killed during the uprising in Book One, Chapter 4?

4. What term do the slaves on the plantation use to refer to the white man in Book Two, Chapter 6?

5. From what people does Meena describe her mother coming from in Book One, Chapter 2?

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