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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 - 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Fatima.
(b) Fanta.
(c) Tala.
(d) Sanu.

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

3. What is the title of Book Two, Chapter 7?
(a) Three Revolutions of the Moon.
(b) They Call Me an ‘African’.
(c) Words Swim Farther than a Man Can Walk.
(d) And Now I am Old.

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

5. What term do the slaves on the plantation use to refer to the white man in Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) Buckra.
(b) Bururi.
(c) Kassam.
(d) Toubab.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what percentage of the people does Meena say were Muslim in her village growing up?

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?

3. What language does Meena’s father’s people speak?

4. What wild animal kills the daughter of one of the captives in Book One, Chapter 3?

5. Approximately how many slaves does Meena describe at Appleby’s indigo plantation in Book Two, Chapter 7?

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