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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 61-70.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first job Kunta is given after he begins his recovery?
(a) Working the fields
(b) Gardening
(c) Carrying firewood and water
(d) Mending fences

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

3. Why does Kunta hate the task of carrying Bell's basket of vegetables when she first begins asking him to do it?
(a) He fears going into the big house.
(b) He doesn't want to interact with anyone.
(c) It interrupts his own work.
(d) The women in Africa carry their own.

4. Why do the young men grow lots of food?
(a) To entice game
(b) To trade for things they can't grow
(c) To feed their families
(d) To provide for the village

5. Why does the old gardener tell Kunta their master doesn't have an overseer?
(a) He wants no one to beat the slaves.
(b) His previous overseer wasn't trustworthy.
(c) He wants to be the overseer himself.
(d) He believes the slaves won't run away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the gift Nyo Boto gives Kunta as he prepares to go on the journey with his father?

2. What is the fate of the Wolof who attacks the toubobs?

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

4. Why do the children of Kunta's village try to catch the flakes of ashes?

5. What is the name of the organization that proposes a mass return of blacks to Africa?

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