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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the rule Kunta must follow when it is time to eat?
(a) Chew with his mouth closed
(b) Eati only after the adults begin
(c) Never speak to adults who are eating
(d) Keep his eyes on his own food

4. How old are girls when they prepare to marry?
(a) Thirty rains or older
(b) Fourteen rains or younger
(c) Twenty rains or younger
(d) Nineteen rains or older

5. What is the drawing on the hide displayed by Janneh?
(a) The history of their people
(b) Writing of Allah
(c) A map of the locations of the tribes of Africa
(d) A map of Africa

Short Answer Questions

1. After whom is Kunta named?

2. How many strings does the instrument called a kora have?

3. What is the significance of a wrestler picking up the headpiece of a village girl?

4. What name is given to Kunta's baby brother?

5. Kunta's daydreams of _________ whenever he finds himself alone with his goats to tend

(see the answer key)

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