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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Bayo.
(b) St. Helena Island.
(c) St. Domingue.
(d) Cairo.

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

3. What year is noted in the opening of Book One, Chapter 1?
(a) 1807.
(b) 1745.
(c) 1802.
(d) 1752.

4. What is the holy book of Islam?
(a) The Rigveda.
(b) The Ginza Rba.
(c) The Torah.
(d) The Qur’an.

5. What wild animal kills the daughter of one of the captives in Book One, Chapter 3?
(a) A tiger.
(b) A lion.
(c) A baboon.
(d) A zebra.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the village that Chekura says he’s from in Book One, Chapter 3?

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

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

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

5. What is the title of Book One, Chapter 2?

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