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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 81-90.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Kunta and Lamin have when they return to Juffure?
(a) A panther hide
(b) Seeds for new crops
(c) A collection of elephant tusks
(d) Enough gold to buy a cow

2. What is the fate of a boy who fails the manhood training?
(a) He is treated always like a child and never marries.
(b) He is killed.
(c) He is sent from the village.
(d) He is given another chance the following year.

3. What infirmity does the "brown" man have during Kunta's recuperation?
(a) His arm is in an cast.
(b) He has a serious cough.
(c) He can hardly walk
(d) His hand is missing.

4. What hope does Kunta hold even when he realizes he can never return to Juffure?
(a) That he can at least escape and live in the forests of this new land.
(b) That he can have a family of his own.
(c) That he can learn to live happily in his new role.
(d) That Allah will not let him die in captivity.

5. What does Kunta learn is the purpose of the trip being taken by the three young men who arrive one day at his village?
(a) They have run away from slavers.
(b) They are looking for Kunta's father.
(c) They are searching for gold.
(d) They are searching for wives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the elders say is the advantage the toubob have over the tribes of Africans?

2. Where is Kunta to live when he returns to the village after his manhood training?

3. What is it that causes Lamin to scream as he and Kunta travel?

4. Why is Kizzy arrested?

5. What are the men of the village talking about when Kunta finds himself gathered around their fire?

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