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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kunta discover is the name of the black man who gives him the new name?
(a) Buck
(b) Samson
(c) Thomas
(d) Toby

2. What does Kunta vow that he will do if he ever again returns to his village?
(a) That he will never again leave.
(b) That he will tell what the toubob land is really like.
(c) That he will raise an army to kill toubob.
(d) That he will show his mother his love for her.

3. What happens to Kunta's food on the first night he is in the custody of his new master?
(a) It is out of his reach and he cannot get it.
(b) He eats it.
(c) Some children take it from him.
(d) The dog eats it.

4. What color does Binta dye her new cotton for the family's clothing?
(a) Brown
(b) Green
(c) Blue
(d) No color

5. What is Kunta's punishment upon his capture?
(a) He is bitten by the dogs.
(b) He is beaten with clubs.
(c) He is branded again.
(d) He is whipped.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the young men of Kunta's age urged to attend council meetings?

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

3. Who has the responsibility for harvesting rice?

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

5. Why do the children of Kunta's village try to catch the flakes of ashes?

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