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

2. What is the fate of a boy who fails the manhood training?
(a) He is sent from the village.
(b) He is treated always like a child and never marries.
(c) He is killed.
(d) He is given another chance the following year.

3. What do Kunta and Lamin have when they return to Juffure?
(a) Enough gold to buy a cow
(b) Seeds for new crops
(c) A panther hide
(d) A collection of elephant tusks

4. What is Kunta given to help him begin moving about?
(a) Medication to dull the pain
(b) A wheelchair
(c) Crutches
(d) Nothing

5. What are the men of the village talking about when Kunta finds himself gathered around their fire?
(a) The need for more food
(b) The harvest festival
(c) The taking of slaves
(d) The possibility that they have angered Allah

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the purpose of the charms at the head of Omoro's bed?

3. What is the one item Omoro keeps from Kunta's childish grasp?

4. What is it that causes Lamin to scream as he and Kunta travel?

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

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