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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 - 6.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Tala.
(b) Fatima.
(c) Sanu.
(d) Fanta.

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

3. From what people does Meena describe her mother coming from in Book One, Chapter 2?
(a) The Fula people.
(b) The Somali people.
(c) The Bamana people.
(d) The Oromo people.

4. What is the title of Book One, Chapter 2?
(a) Small Hands Were Good.
(b) Words Swim Farther than a Man Can Walk.
(c) The Shape of Africa.
(d) They Call Me an ‘African’.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sanu name her baby in Book One, Chapter 3?

2. What is the name of the Bamana woman that Meena encounters during the walking journey in the New World in Book Two, Chapter 6?

3. What is Meena’s father by trade when she is a young girl?

4. What is the name of the place that everyone tells Meena she is from in Book Two, Chapter 6?

5. What words of prayer does Meena say before the plantation slave berates her for it in Book Two, Chapter 6?

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