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

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

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

4. How far along in her pregnancy does Meena surmise Fanta is in Book One, Chapter 3?
(a) 8 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 7 months.
(d) 5 months.

5. From what people does Meena say her father came in Book One, Chapter 2?
(a) The Somali people.
(b) The Bamana people.
(c) The Oromo people.
(d) The Fula people.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the title of Book One, Chapter 3?

3. Who is the king that Meena says she is to meet in Book One, Chapter 1?

4. What word is used by Meena and the Africans to describe the white man in Book One, Chapter 3?

5. From what people does Meena describe her mother coming from in Book One, Chapter 2?

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