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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Kunta wearing when he wakes after his attack?
(a) White man's clothing
(b) His own bloodied clothes
(c) Only a loincloth
(d) Nothing

2. Why is Kunta told he should put away the African charm he wears?
(a) It makes the whites mad and frightens the blacks.
(b) It frightens the whites and puts them all in danger.
(c) It makes the whites angry and all the blacks suffer for that anger.
(d) It isn't real and won't help his cause.

3. What are Kunta and the other captives given on their seventh morning on land?
(a) Clothes
(b) A prayer mat
(c) Meat
(d) Medicine

4. Why do Kunta and his father gather the dust of their first footprints of their journey?
(a) To have a piece of home with them at all times.
(b) That dirt is blessed by Kunta's mother.
(c) To ensure their footprints would return to that place.
(d) There is no explanation.

5. What is the gift Nyo Boto gives Kunta as he prepares to go on the journey with his father?
(a) A story
(b) A slingshot
(c) A pouch
(d) A charm

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the new name given to Kunta?

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

3. What does Omoro say about those who become slaves during a battle against an enemy?

4. What is the effect of the harmattan on the people of Juffure?

5. What is the disease that runs quickly through the hold of the ship, claiming many lives?

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