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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 - 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the year that the author denotes in the opening of Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) 1757.
(b) 1762.
(c) 1811.
(d) 1802.

2. What is the title of Book Two, Chapter 9?
(a) The Shape of Africa.
(b) Three Revolutions of the Moon.
(c) Small Hands Were Good.
(d) Words Swim Farther than a Man Can Walk.

3. What symbols does Meena have carved into her cheeks?
(a) Lion’s faces.
(b) Suns.
(c) Crescent moons.
(d) Five-pointed stars.

4. What is the name of Meena’s baby that was taken by Mr. Appleby and sold?
(a) Jimbo.
(b) Samuel.
(c) Fanta.
(d) Mamadu.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mamed offer to teach Meena in Book Two, Chapter 7?

2. What is the name of the son Dolly gives birth to in Book Two, Chapter 9?

3. What is the title of Book Two, Chapter 7?

4. What year does the author denote in the opening of Book Two, Chapter 9?

5. With whose child does Meena become pregnant in Book Two, Chapter 8?

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