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

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

3. What does Mr. Appleby do after he sends Georgia away to attend a birth without Meena in Book Two, Chapter 7?
(a) He rapes Meena.
(b) He reads to Meena.
(c) He sells Meena.
(d) He kills Meena.

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

5. 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) Tala.
(b) Sanu.
(c) Fatima.
(d) Fanta.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Robinson Appleby’s indigo plantation is located on what island?

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

4. What is the title of Book One, Chapter 4?

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

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