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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 gift Nyo Boto gives Kunta as he prepares to go on the journey with his father?
(a) A story
(b) A charm
(c) A slingshot
(d) A pouch

2. What order is given to the young boy who continually talks when he should be silent?
(a) He is sent to catch a live bird.
(b) He is beaten in front of the other boys.
(c) He is given nothing to eat.
(d) He is sent back to the village.

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

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

5. What does Kunta know to be the meaning of the frequent howling of women in their huts?
(a) That the woman's family is hungry
(b) That a husband has taken a new wife
(c) That a child is being born
(d) That a loved one has died

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has the responsibility for harvesting rice?

2. Who looks after Kunta and the other young children of the tribe?

3. What does a shrouded moon signify?

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

5. After whom is Kunta named?

(see the answer key)

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