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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 Kunta wearing when he wakes after his attack?
(a) Nothing
(b) His own bloodied clothes
(c) Only a loincloth
(d) White man's clothing

2. Where is Kunta to live when he returns to the village after his manhood training?
(a) In the hut with his father
(b) In his own hut
(c) In a hut with other young men of his age
(d) In the hut of his mother

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

4. What is the sight that distracts everyone and allows the captive from the Wolof tribe to attack?
(a) Another ship
(b) A sudden storm on the horizon
(c) Flying fish
(d) The dancing slaves

5. What is the gift Nyo Boto gives Kunta as he prepares to go on the journey with his father?
(a) A charm
(b) A slingshot
(c) A pouch
(d) A story

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Kunta know to be the meaning of the frequent howling of women in their huts?

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

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

5. How do the women on the ship relay information to the men?

(see the answer key)

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