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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 effect of the harmattan on the people of Juffure?
(a) Their tempers grow short.
(b) They are cold all the time.
(c) They are unable to grow crops.
(d) Game becomes scarce.

2. Kunta's daydreams of _________ whenever he finds himself alone with his goats to tend
(a) A wildebeast
(b) An angry elephant
(c) A wounded buffalo
(d) A mighty lion

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not what Kunta knows of the manhood training older boys receive?

2. What do Kunta's friends believe about the toubob?

3. What is the drawing on the hide displayed by Janneh?

4. Who has the responsibility for harvesting rice?

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

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