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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 - 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Meena’s father by trade when she is a young girl?
(a) A medicine man.
(b) A jeweler.
(c) The village chief.
(d) A slave-trader.

2. About what percentage of the people does Meena say were Muslim in her village growing up?
(a) 50%.
(b) 25%.
(c) 10%.
(d) 75%.

3. What word is used by Meena and the Africans to describe the white man in Book One, Chapter 3?
(a) Gullah.
(b) Buckra.
(c) Fulfulde.
(d) Toubab.

4. What is the name of the slave giving birth when Meena and Georgia go to assist her birth in Book Two, Chapter 7?
(a) Falisha.
(b) Tala.
(c) Nyeba.
(d) Alassane.

5. Where does Meena begin teaching blacks to read and write in Book Three, Chapter 12?
(a) The New York Public Library.
(b) St. Frances Chapel.
(c) St. Paul’s Chapel.
(d) St. Peter’s Cathedral.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date does Meena read the British peace treaty for the American Revolution to her friends in Canvas Town in Book Three, Chapter 13?

2. What is the neighborhood called that is made up of shacks owned by free or escaped blacks in New York in Book Three, Chapter 12?

3. What is the title of Book One, Chapter 4?

4. What is the title of Book Two, Chapter 6?

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

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