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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 51-60.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Kunta hate the task of carrying Bell's basket of vegetables when she first begins asking him to do it?
(a) The women in Africa carry their own.
(b) He fears going into the big house.
(c) It interrupts his own work.
(d) He doesn't want to interact with anyone.

2. What is the purpose of the tree trunk Kunta plans to chop down?
(a) A coffin
(b) Firewood
(c) The body of a drum
(d) A canoe

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

4. Who tells Kunta and the other children the story of Kunta's grandfather's prayers for the deliverance from the drought?
(a) Yasia
(b) Lamin
(c) Nyo Boto
(d) No One

5. What does Fiddler do to make his fingers nimble again?
(a) Squeezes a stick
(b) Plays his fiddle
(c) Rubs them with oil
(d) Plaits cornhusks

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many huts does Kunta discover there are for housing slaves?

3. What does Kunta vow that he will do if he ever again returns to his village?

4. What does Kunta say about the color of "the missus?"

5. How much does Kunta's new owner pay for him?

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