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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has the responsibility for harvesting rice?
(a) The women
(b) The men
(c) The young boys
(d) The entire family

2. Which of the following is not a pastime of Kunta and his friends?
(a) Digging up termite mounds
(b) Racing scarab dung beetles
(c) Running with the dogs of the village
(d) Chasing squirrels

3. Why are battles begun late in the day?
(a) So that the losing enemy could save face by retreating into the darkness.
(b) So that the battle could not go on too long.
(c) Because Allah is with the attackers at that time of day.
(d) So that the attackers could use the setting sun to confuse the enemy.

4. Kunta discovers he is chained to _________.
(a) A donkey
(b) Other men
(c) The wall of a ship
(d) A tree

5. According to custom, when is Kunta to be weaned?
(a) As soon as he can eat meat
(b) When he can walk
(c) At one year
(d) When he can talk

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Kunta and his father gather the dust of their first footprints of their journey?

2. What food is offered Kunta by the black slave?

3. How many additional captives are with Kunta when he is first taken?

4. What order is given to the young boy who continually talks when he should be silent?

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

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