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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 the rule Kunta must follow when it is time to eat?
(a) Keep his eyes on his own food
(b) Never speak to adults who are eating
(c) Eati only after the adults begin
(d) Chew with his mouth closed

2. How does Kunta know he and his mates are approaching a freshly cut bamboo grove?
(a) He hears the slaves talking about it.
(b) He senses it from the direction they are walking.
(c) He smells it through his hood.
(d) He sees it.

3. What is the new name given to Kunta?
(a) Toby
(b) Thomas
(c) Samson
(d) Buck

4. Who looks after Kunta and the other young children of the tribe?
(a) The mothers
(b) The grandmothers
(c) The older sisters
(d) The midwives

5. What is the name of the brown man who first befriends Kunta?
(a) Fredrick
(b) Samson
(c) Fiddler
(d) Buck

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times do the mourning women walk around Kunta's grandmother when she dies?

2. Which of the following is not what Kunta knows of the manhood training older boys receive?

3. What is the meat on Kunta's plate when he revives after having been whipped?

4. What does Kunta learn is the purpose of the trip being taken by the three young men who arrive one day at his village?

5. What is the purpose of the turtle and the fish in the village well?

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