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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who leaps overboard when her baby is killed during the uprising in Book One, Chapter 4?
(a) Sanu.
(b) Fanta.
(c) Fatima.
(d) Aminata.

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

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

5. 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) Cairo.
(b) St. Domingue.
(c) St. Helena Island.
(d) Bayo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Sam, the proprietor of the hotel, born and raised, according to the narrator in Book Three, Chapter 12?

2. What year does the author denote in the opening of Book Two, Chapter 7?

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

4. How much does Sam start out paying Meena per week when she begins working for him in Book Three, Chapter 12?

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

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