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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Kunta told that a griot learns his skill?
(a) By spending time with the minds of the ancestors.
(b) By traveling from tribe to tribe and learning from tribe elders.
(c) By studying with the elder griots.
(d) By reading the written ancestry of the tribes.

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

3. What name is given to Kunta's baby brother?
(a) Lamin
(b) Larry
(c) Kairaba
(d) Yasia

4. What is the purpose of the turtle and the fish in the village well?
(a) To provide food
(b) They are left there as a prank by the younger boys
(c) There is no purpose
(d) To eat insects

5. What is the significance of a wrestler picking up the headpiece of a village girl?
(a) There is no significance.
(b) He is signalling an appreciation for her sewing ability.
(c) He is offering to trade her a gift for the head piece.
(d) He is expressing his interest in marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kunta know he and his mates are approaching a freshly cut bamboo grove?

2. What do the elders say is the advantage the toubob have over the tribes of Africans?

3. What does Kunta know to be the meaning of the frequent howling of women in their huts?

4. What year is the baby who will be named Kunta born?

5. What is it that causes Lamin to scream as he and Kunta travel?

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