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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 the effect of the harmattan on the people of Juffure?
(a) Game becomes scarce.
(b) They are cold all the time.
(c) They are unable to grow crops.
(d) Their tempers grow short.

2. Kunta's daydreams of _________ whenever he finds himself alone with his goats to tend
(a) A wildebeast
(b) An angry elephant
(c) A wounded buffalo
(d) A mighty lion

3. What do the elders say is the advantage the toubob have over the tribes of Africans?
(a) That he comes in great numbers.
(b) That the tribes don't band together against him.
(c) That he lies and cheats naturally.
(d) That he has money to buy what he wants.

4. What do Kunta's friends believe about the toubob?
(a) That they take captives to become their slaves.
(b) That they kill their captives as offerings to their gods.
(c) That they take captives to eat them.
(d) That they force their captives to walk until they die.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the fate of the young girl who jumps overboard?

2. What is Kunta's punishment upon his capture?

3. What is the message Kunta believes has come to him from Allah after he is on land?

4. What item is bestowed on Kunta by Omoro to mark his next step into manhood at age twelve?

5. What happens to one of Kunta's goats while he is supposed to be watching over them?

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