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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not what Kunta knows of the manhood training older boys receive?
(a) That a part of their food is taken away.
(b) That they are made to fight each other.
(c) That they are left in the forest to find their way back alone.
(d) That they must hunt wild animals for food.

2. Who tells Kunta and the other children the story of Kunta's grandfather's prayers for the deliverance from the drought?
(a) Lamin
(b) No One
(c) Yasia
(d) Nyo Boto

3. According to custom, when is Kunta to be weaned?
(a) When he can walk
(b) At one year
(c) When he can talk
(d) As soon as he can eat meat

4. What does Kunta know to be the meaning of the frequent howling of women in their huts?
(a) That a child is being born
(b) That a husband has taken a new wife
(c) That a loved one has died
(d) That the woman's family is hungry

5. After whom is Kunta named?
(a) His grandmother
(b) His grandfather
(c) The midwife
(d) His father

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does a shrouded moon signify?

3. Which of the following is not a pastime of Kunta and his friends?

4. Who has the responsibility for harvesting rice?

5. How old are girls when they prepare to marry?

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