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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many times do the mourning women walk around Kunta's grandmother when she dies?
(a) Seven
(b) Twelve
(c) One
(d) Five

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

4. How many strings does the instrument called a kora have?
(a) Twenty-four
(b) Eighteen
(c) Six
(d) Twelve

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many times daily do the men stop for prayers?

3. Why do the children of Kunta's village try to catch the flakes of ashes?

4. What item is bestowed on Kunta by Omoro to mark his next step into manhood at age twelve?

5. What is the gift Nyo Boto gives Kunta as he prepares to go on the journey with his father?

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