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

2. What is the name of the slave giving birth when Meena and Georgia go to assist her birth in Book Two, Chapter 7?
(a) Alassane.
(b) Falisha.
(c) Nyeba.
(d) Tala.

3. Whom does Meena say she has instructed to change none of her words in the story of her life, in Book One, Chapter 1?
(a) Hector Smithers.
(b) Olaudah Equiano.
(c) John Clarkson.
(d) Scott Wilson.

4. Who leaps overboard when her baby is killed during the uprising in Book One, Chapter 4?
(a) Aminata.
(b) Fanta.
(c) Fatima.
(d) Sanu.

5. Robinson Appleby’s indigo plantation is located on what island?
(a) Sullivan Island.
(b) Montgomery Island.
(c) Ellis Island.
(d) St. Helena Island.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Appleby’s black assistant who takes over as overseer in Book Two, Chapter 7?

2. Fanta is one of how many wives of the chief of Meena’s village?

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

4. Whom does Meena describe in Book Two, Chapter 5 as “the jolly abolitionist”?

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

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