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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 - 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the year that the author denotes in the opening of Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) 1802.
(b) 1757.
(c) 1811.
(d) 1762.

2. When Meena goes with Georgia to assist in the birthing of another slave’s baby in Book Two, Chapter 7, the slave giving birth only speaks what language?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Gullah.
(c) Bamana.
(d) Fulfulde.

3. What handicap does Fomba develop on the journey of the slave-ship?
(a) He has gone deaf.
(b) He loses the ability to speak.
(c) He has gone blind.
(d) He’s lost the use of his left arm.

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

5. What is the name of the language that Georgia teaches Meena that is just used amongst the slaves in Book Two, Chapter 7?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Fulfulde.
(c) Gullah.
(d) English.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What year does the author denote in the opening of Book Two, Chapter 7?

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

4. How far along in her pregnancy does Meena surmise Fanta is in Book One, Chapter 3?

5. What is the language called that Georgia uses when talking to the whites in Book Two, Chapter 7?

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