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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many strings does the instrument called a kora have?
(a) Six
(b) Twenty-four
(c) Twelve
(d) Eighteen

2. What question is NOT asked of the boys of Kunta's group upon their graduation?
(a) A math problem about monkeys and ground nuts
(b) How to write their names in Arabic
(c) How to decipher the message of the village drum
(d) About the work of their ancestors

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

4. Who has the biggest cabin among the slave quarters?
(a) Fiddler
(b) Kunta
(c) Bell
(d) Anne

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What infirmity does the "brown" man have during Kunta's recuperation?

3. How many days is Kunta held in the hold of the ship before being allowed on deck?

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

5. What new job is Kunta given after the incident with the house girl's attempted escape?

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