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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The War of Jenkins’ Ear was a battle between what two countries?
(a) England and the Dutch.
(b) France and Spain.
(c) England and Spain.
(d) France and England.

2. What year does the author denote in the opening of Book Two, Chapter 9?
(a) 1774.
(b) 1802.
(c) 1757.
(d) 1762.

3. What is the title of Book One, Chapter 3?
(a) Three Revolutions of the Moon.
(b) The Shape of Africa.
(c) Words Come Late from a Wet-nurse.
(d) They Call Me an ‘African’.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is the language called that Georgia uses when talking to the whites in Book Two, Chapter 7?

3. Solomon Lindo tells Meena that they are both outsiders. Why does Lindo consider himself to be an outsider amongst his society?

4. What is the word that Meena uses to describe the storyteller in her village in Book One, Chapter 4?

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

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