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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kunta's daydreams of _________ whenever he finds himself alone with his goats to tend
(a) A wounded buffalo
(b) A wildebeast
(c) A mighty lion
(d) An angry elephant

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

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

4. Why do Kunta and his father gather the dust of their first footprints of their journey?
(a) To ensure their footprints would return to that place.
(b) There is no explanation.
(c) To have a piece of home with them at all times.
(d) That dirt is blessed by Kunta's mother.

5. How do the people of Juffure learn that there are ferocious wrestlers on their way to the village?
(a) A strange drum beat
(b) The wrestlers always come at this time
(c) A messenger arrives with the news
(d) There is no warning

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Kunta's friends believe about the toubob?

2. What do the elders say is the advantage the toubob have over the tribes of Africans?

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

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

5. How is Kunta told that a griot learns his skill?

(see the answer key)

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