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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 words of prayer does Meena say before the plantation slave berates her for it in Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) “Bahá’í Gebede.”
(b) “Bəhai duaları.”
(c) “Allaahu Akbar.”
(d) “Praise Jesus.”

2. What is the title of Book One, Chapter 4?
(a) And Now I am Old.
(b) We Glide Over the Unburied.
(c) Small Hands Were Good.
(d) Three Revolutions of the Moon.

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

4. What is the date listed by the author in the opening of Book One, Chapter 2?
(a) 1802.
(b) 1745.
(c) 1774.
(d) 1762.

5. Where is the narrator of the novel located in Book One, Chapter 1?
(a) London.
(b) Bayo.
(c) Sullivan Island.
(d) Kinto.

Short Answer Questions

1. What initials were branded into Meena’s chest when she was abducted and sold into slavery?

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

3. Sullivan’s Island is located off the coast of what U.S. state?

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

5. What is the name of the village that Chekura says he’s from in Book One, Chapter 3?

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