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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 do Kunta's friends believe about the toubob?
(a) That they take captives to become their slaves.
(b) That they take captives to eat them.
(c) That they kill their captives as offerings to their gods.
(d) That they force their captives to walk until they die.

2. How old are girls when they prepare to marry?
(a) Fourteen rains or younger
(b) Thirty rains or older
(c) Twenty rains or younger
(d) Nineteen rains or older

3. What does Bell say about the reason the master has never been married?
(a) That he has never found a woman worthy of him.
(b) That he was to be married but the young woman drowned.
(c) That he was married and his wife died in childbirth.
(d) That he is to be married in the coming year.

4. What is the gift Omoro gives Kunta upon his graduation?
(a) A drum
(b) A new set of clothes
(c) A blessing
(d) A pair of goats

5. What is it that causes Lamin to scream as he and Kunta travel?
(a) A panther
(b) An elephant
(c) An old man
(d) A thorn

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the slave name of the man with the African name Boteng Bediako?

2. What is Binta's reaction to the news that Kunta will be taking Lamin on a trip?

3. Why does Kunta take the seasoned block of wood back to this hut?

4. How is Kunta fed when he becomes too weak to eat for himself?

5. What does Omoro say about those who become slaves during a battle against an enemy?

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