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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 is Binta's reaction to the news that Kunta will be taking Lamin on a trip?
(a) She gathers her other two sons and cries.
(b) She is happy and helps them pack food.
(c) She begs Omoro to change his mind.
(d) She refuses to let him go.

2. Who tells the slaves about the Manumission Act that allows masters to free their slaves?
(a) Bell
(b) Master William
(c) Luther
(d) Fiddler

3. What do the elders say is the advantage the toubob have over the tribes of Africans?
(a) That he lies and cheats naturally.
(b) That he has money to buy what he wants.
(c) That he comes in great numbers.
(d) That the tribes don't band together against him.

4. What two items are used to stuff mattresses for the slaves?
(a) Cornshucks and good feathers
(b) Hay and cornshucks
(c) Moss and cornshucks
(d) Moss and hay

5. What job does George come to have as his permanent assignment?
(a) Working with the gamecocks
(b) Working as the houseboy for dinner parties
(c) Working in the fields
(d) He has no permanent job

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the gift Omoro gives Kunta upon his graduation?

2. What does Mingo say was the nickname given to the girl he slipped off to see as a young man?

3. What is the name of the brown man who first befriends Kunta?

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

5. How is Kunta told that a griot learns his skill?

(see the answer key)

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