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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 is Binta's reaction to the news that Kunta will be taking Lamin on a trip?
(a) She refuses to let him go.
(b) She is happy and helps them pack food.
(c) She gathers her other two sons and cries.
(d) She begs Omoro to change his mind.

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

3. What is the message Kunta believes has come to him from Allah after he is on land?
(a) That he will survive if he continues to have faith.
(b) That he is to be returned to his family.
(c) That his life is in the hands of Allah.
(d) That the wise man learns from the animals.

4. What does Kunta know to be the truth when he feels the ship begin to move?
(a) That he will die on this ship.
(b) That the men he is shackled to are causing the movement.
(c) That he will never see Africa again.
(d) That he's going to America.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the significance of a wrestler picking up the headpiece of a village girl?

2. What is the fate of the man who has an infected wound on his leg?

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

4. What does Kunta steal in the hope that it might help him escape?

5. Kunta's daydreams of _________ whenever he finds himself alone with his goats to tend

(see the answer key)

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