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

2. From what people does Meena describe her mother coming from in Book One, Chapter 2?
(a) The Fula people.
(b) The Oromo people.
(c) The Bamana people.
(d) The Somali people.

3. From what people does Meena say her father came in Book One, Chapter 2?
(a) The Somali people.
(b) The Oromo people.
(c) The Fula people.
(d) The Bamana people.

4. Sullivan’s Island is located off the coast of what U.S. state?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Mississippi.

5. Approximately how many slaves does Meena describe at Appleby’s indigo plantation in Book Two, Chapter 7?
(a) 25.
(b) 100.
(c) 50.
(d) 200.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What wild animal kills the daughter of one of the captives in Book One, Chapter 3?

3. What is the title of Book Two, Chapter 10?

4. Whom does Dolly describe as “the boss woman” of the white people and also “the Black Queen” in Book Two, Chapter 9?

5. What language does Meena’s father’s people speak?

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