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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. What is the gift Omoro gives Kunta upon his graduation?
(a) A blessing
(b) A drum
(c) A new set of clothes
(d) A pair of goats

4. Where is Kunta to live when he returns to the village after his manhood training?
(a) In a hut with other young men of his age
(b) In the hut of his mother
(c) In his own hut
(d) In the hut with his father

5. What do the men of the village give the "magic man" when he arrives at Jeffure?
(a) Nothing
(b) A beating
(c) Prayers
(d) Gifts

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to one of Kunta's goats while he is supposed to be watching over them?

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

3. Who tells Kunta and the other children the story of Kunta's grandfather's prayers for the deliverance from the drought?

4. How is Kunta told that a griot learns his skill?

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

(see the answer key)

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