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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 - 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year is denoted by the author in the opening of Book Three, Chapter 12?
(a) 1802.
(b) 1775.
(c) 1777.
(d) 1759.

2. Who encourages Meena to learn the language of the white man but not to teach him theirs, in Book One, Chapter 4?
(a) Youssouf.
(b) Fomba.
(c) Alassane.
(d) Chief Biton.

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

4. With whose child does Meena become pregnant in Book Two, Chapter 8?
(a) Mr. Appleby’s.
(b) Fomba’s.
(c) Youssouf’s.
(d) Chekura’s.

5. Whom does Meena untie after he’s been assaulted by whites on the road to Shelburne in Book Three, Chapter 15?
(a) King Jimmy.
(b) Samuel.
(c) Jimbo.
(d) Jason.

Short Answer Questions

1. The man that takes Meena as his assistant on the slave ship has what kind of pet in his quarters?

2. How does Meena say Fomba was killed in Book Two, Chapter 10?

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

4. In what year does Meena say a smallpox epidemic swept through her region, killing over 200 people, in Book Two, Chapter 10?

5. Approximately how many slaves does Meena describe at Appleby’s indigo plantation in Book Two, Chapter 7?

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