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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 31-40.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the effect of the harmattan on the people of Juffure?
(a) Game becomes scarce.
(b) Their tempers grow short.
(c) They are cold all the time.
(d) They are unable to grow crops.

2. What order is given to the young boy who continually talks when he should be silent?
(a) He is given nothing to eat.
(b) He is beaten in front of the other boys.
(c) He is sent to catch a live bird.
(d) He is sent back to the village.

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

4. Why are battles begun late in the day?
(a) So that the attackers could use the setting sun to confuse the enemy.
(b) So that the battle could not go on too long.
(c) So that the losing enemy could save face by retreating into the darkness.
(d) Because Allah is with the attackers at that time of day.

5. What name is given to Kunta's baby brother?
(a) Larry
(b) Yasia
(c) Lamin
(d) Kairaba

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kunta wearing when he wakes after his attack?

2. How many times do the mourning women walk around Kunta's grandmother when she dies?

3. What do the men of the village give the "magic man" when he arrives at Jeffure?

4. Who tells Kunta and the other children the story of Kunta's grandfather's prayers for the deliverance from the drought?

5. What item is bestowed on Kunta by Binta to mark his next step into manhood?

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