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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 - 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sanu name her baby in Book One, Chapter 3?
(a) Alassane.
(b) Youssouf.
(c) Samuel.
(d) Aminata.

2. What is the title of Book One, Chapter 3?
(a) The Shape of Africa.
(b) They Call Me an ‘African’.
(c) Words Come Late from a Wet-nurse.
(d) Three Revolutions of the Moon.

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

4. Who does Chekura say sold him to the slave-traders in Book One, Chapter 3?
(a) His aunt.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

5. Fanta is one of how many wives of the chief of Meena’s village?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who kills the white man that has taken Meena as his assistant on the ship during the uprising in Book One, Chapter 4?

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

3. What is the word that Meena uses to describe the storyteller in her village in Book One, Chapter 4?

4. Around what year does Meena say she was born in Book One, Chapter 1?

5. What is the title of Book One, Chapter 2?

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