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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 20 - 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the word that Meena uses to describe the storyteller in her village in Book One, Chapter 4?
(a) Bayo.
(b) Djeli.
(c) Youssouf.
(d) Bururi.

2. What is the title of Book Four, Chapter 19?
(a) G is for Grant, and O for Oswald.
(b) We Glide Over the Unburied.
(c) And Now I am Old.
(d) Words Come Late from a Wet-nurse.

3. How old was Sam Fraunces when he was sent away from his family and traveled to New York?
(a) 12.
(b) 15.
(c) 17.
(d) 18.

4. How many years ago does Thomas Peters say he ran from the man who owned him in North Carolina in Book Three, Chapter 16?
(a) 12.
(b) 7.
(c) 14.
(d) 5.

5. One requirement for relocation by the British was having served the British forces for how long during the Revolutionary War?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 2 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the female slave that is taken on the walking journey along with Fomba and Meena in Book Two, Chapter 6?

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

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

4. How long do Meena and her daughter stay at the Witherspoons before the rioting is said to have ended and Meena goes to see if her home is still standing in Book Three, Chapter 15?

5. What was Meena’s mother’s job in the village where Meena grew up?

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