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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 man that takes Meena as his assistant on the slave ship has what kind of pet in his quarters?
(a) A dog.
(b) A lion.
(c) A parrot.
(d) A cat.

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

3. 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) Jimbo.
(b) Daddy Moses.
(c) Youssouf.
(d) Alassane.

4. In what year does Meena say a smallpox epidemic swept through her region, killing over 200 people, in Book Two, Chapter 10?
(a) 1776.
(b) 1802.
(c) 1798.
(d) 1774.

5. What year is denoted by the author in the opening of Book Two, Chapter 5?
(a) 1774.
(b) 1803.
(c) 1745.
(d) 1790.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Dolly describe as “the Boss man of the whole land” in Book Two, Chapter 9?

2. How old does Chekura say he is in Book One, Chapter 3?

3. Around what year does Meena say she was born in Book One, Chapter 1?

4. What term does Solomon Lindo tell Meena he prefers to use, rather than “slave,” in Book Two, Chapter 9?

5. What is the name of the slave giving birth when Meena and Georgia go to assist her birth in Book Two, Chapter 7?

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