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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Kunta know he and his mates are approaching a freshly cut bamboo grove?
(a) He senses it from the direction they are walking.
(b) He sees it.
(c) He smells it through his hood.
(d) He hears the slaves talking about it.

2. What is the job of Mingo?
(a) Working in the fields
(b) Driving the master
(c) Tending the pigs
(d) Tending the chickens

3. What are the men of the village talking about when Kunta finds himself gathered around their fire?
(a) The harvest festival
(b) The need for more food
(c) The taking of slaves
(d) The possibility that they have angered Allah

4. What happens to one of Kunta's goats while he is supposed to be watching over them?
(a) It is killed by a panther.
(b) It dies giving birth.
(c) It is killed by a hyena.
(d) It wanders away and is lost.

5. Why does Kunta remain away from the Fiddler's house during Christmas?
(a) Fiddler is ill.
(b) Kunta is called to work extra hours at the big house.
(c) Kunta is suddenly ill.
(d) Kunta fears Allah will not like it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fiddler do to make his fingers nimble again?

2. Why are battles begun late in the day?

3. What do Kunta and Lamin have when they return to Juffure?

4. Why is Kunta told he should put away the African charm he wears?

5. What does Bell say about the reason the master has never been married?

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