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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 purpose of the turtle and the fish in the village well?
(a) They are left there as a prank by the younger boys
(b) To provide food
(c) There is no purpose
(d) To eat insects

2. What is the attitude of Nyo Boto toward the men of the tribe?
(a) She desires them all.
(b) She defers to their needs.
(c) She makes wigs to show her love for them.
(d) She is defiant.

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

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

5. What is the gift Kunta gives Bell?
(a) A basket of flowers
(b) A large bowl
(c) A carved totem
(d) A mortar and pestle

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the effect of the harmattan on the people of Juffure?

3. Why does the old gardener tell Kunta their master doesn't have an overseer?

4. How do the people of Juffure learn that there are ferocious wrestlers on their way to the village?

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

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