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

2. What color does Binta dye her new cotton for the family's clothing?
(a) Green
(b) Brown
(c) Blue
(d) No color

3. What is the gift Omoro gives Kunta upon his graduation?
(a) A drum
(b) A new set of clothes
(c) A pair of goats
(d) A blessing

4. How is Kunta fed when he becomes too weak to eat for himself?
(a) A woman chews the food and then forces it between his lips
(b) By pouring watered gruel down his throat
(c) Through a tube
(d) He isn't fed

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After whom is Kunta named?

2. What is the purpose of the charms at the head of Omoro's bed?

3. What do Kunta and Lamin have when they return to Juffure?

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

5. What is the rule Kunta must follow when it is time to eat?

(see the answer key)

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