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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 was Meena’s mother’s job in the village where Meena grew up?
(a) Midwife.
(b) Village cook.
(c) Village chief.
(d) Djeli.

2. What is the date listed by the author in the opening of Book One, Chapter 2?
(a) 1745.
(b) 1802.
(c) 1762.
(d) 1774.

3. What word in the narrative is used to describe any of various gourds for carrying water or liquids?
(a) Luxane.
(b) Alassane.
(c) Bururi.
(d) Calabash.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What concoction does Georgia give to Meena to drink after her first sexual experience in Book Two, Chapter 8?

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

3. From what people does Meena say her father came in Book One, Chapter 2?

4. Where is the narrator of the novel located in Book One, Chapter 1?

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

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