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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) 1802.
(b) 1811.
(c) 1757.
(d) 1762.

2. How far along in her pregnancy does Meena surmise Fanta is in Book One, Chapter 3?
(a) 7 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 5 months.

3. What is the name of the place that everyone tells Meena she is from in Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) Ghana.
(b) England.
(c) Canada.
(d) Africa.

4. What language does Meena’s father’s people speak?
(a) English.
(b) Gullah.
(c) Fulfulde.
(d) French.

5. What handicap does Fomba develop on the journey of the slave-ship?
(a) He loses the ability to speak.
(b) He’s lost the use of his left arm.
(c) He has gone blind.
(d) He has gone deaf.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who encourages Meena to learn the language of the white man but not to teach him theirs, in Book One, Chapter 4?

2. What is the name of the underground passage of messages among the slaves that Meena hears of in Book Two, Chapter 6?

3. When was Charles Town founded in honor of King Charles II of England?

4. What visitor of Mr. Appleby’s attempts to rape Meena in Book Two, Chapter 8?

5. Who among the slaves with Meena makes the greatest spectacle when being auctioned by fighting against the captors in Book Two, Chapter 6?

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