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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 year does the author denote in the opening of Book Two, Chapter 7?
(a) 1775.
(b) 1802.
(c) 1774.
(d) 1757.

2. What is the name of the village where Meena was born in the novel?
(a) Kinto.
(b) Kassam.
(c) Bayo.
(d) Bururi.

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

4. What is the name of the older black man that Dolly buys most of her food items from in town each day in Book Two, Chapter 9?
(a) Alassane.
(b) Jimbo.
(c) Youssouf.
(d) Daddy Moses.

5. What is the title of Book Two, Chapter 10?
(a) Words Swim Farther than a Man Can Walk.
(b) Milk for the Longest Nursing.
(c) The Shape of Africa.
(d) Words Come Late from a Wet-nurse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word in the narrative is used to describe any of various gourds for carrying water or liquids?

2. What initials were branded into Meena’s chest when she was abducted and sold into slavery?

3. What is the title of Book Two, Chapter 6?

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

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

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