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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 41-50.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many huts does Kunta discover there are for housing slaves?
(a) Eight
(b) Twelve
(c) Ten
(d) Four

2. What is the sight that distracts everyone and allows the captive from the Wolof tribe to attack?
(a) The dancing slaves
(b) Flying fish
(c) Another ship
(d) A sudden storm on the horizon

3. What is the one item Omoro keeps from Kunta's childish grasp?
(a) The charms at the head of his bed
(b) The hot coals of the fire
(c) The prayer rug
(d) The arrows

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

5. After whom is Kunta named?
(a) His grandfather
(b) His father
(c) His grandmother
(d) The midwife

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has the responsibility for harvesting rice?

2. How do the people of Juffure learn that there are ferocious wrestlers on their way to the village?

3. How many times do the mourning women walk around Kunta's grandmother when she dies?

4. What is Kunta given to help him begin moving about?

5. What does Kunta do with the food the woman brings him as he continues to convalesce?

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