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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Kunta plan to go on his next trip?
(a) To the fields where the elephants die
(b) To the village of his uncles
(c) To look for more gold
(d) Mali

2. What is the disease that runs quickly through the hold of the ship, claiming many lives?
(a) The flu
(b) Infection
(c) Scurvy
(d) The flux

3. Why do the children of Kunta's village try to catch the flakes of ashes?
(a) They believe them to be good luck.
(b) It's just a game.
(c) They are trying to keep the fields from catching fire.
(d) They believe each fleck of ash captured brings a day of plenty.

4. How is Kunta told that a griot learns his skill?
(a) By reading the written ancestry of the tribes.
(b) By traveling from tribe to tribe and learning from tribe elders.
(c) By studying with the elder griots.
(d) By spending time with the minds of the ancestors.

5. What does Kunta learn is the purpose of the trip being taken by the three young men who arrive one day at his village?
(a) They are searching for gold.
(b) They are searching for wives.
(c) They have run away from slavers.
(d) They are looking for Kunta's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to one of Kunta's goats while he is supposed to be watching over them?

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

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

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

5. How does Kunta know he and his mates are approaching a freshly cut bamboo grove?

(see the answer key)

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