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

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

3. What year is the baby who will be named Kunta born?
(a) 1750
(b) 1887
(c) 1570
(d) 1850

4. What is the fate of a boy who fails the manhood training?
(a) He is given another chance the following year.
(b) He is sent from the village.
(c) He is killed.
(d) He is treated always like a child and never marries.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following is not a rule Omoro tells Kunta will help keep him safe from being taken by the toubob?

3. What are the men of the village talking about when Kunta finds himself gathered around their fire?

4. Why do the young men grow lots of food?

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

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