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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 name of the brother born during Kunta's manhood training?
(a) Suwadu
(b) Madi
(c) Sundiata
(d) Lamin

2. What song are the blacks in the field singing as Kunta travels with his new owner?
(a) An African death song
(b) He cannot understand the words.
(c) Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
(d) Through the Valley

3. What is the purpose of the charms at the head of Omoro's bed?
(a) To ensure good hunting
(b) To keep Kunta from having bad dreams
(c) To ward off evil spirits
(d) To provide decoration

4. How many additional captives are with Kunta when he is first taken?
(a) He can't count them
(b) Eleven
(c) Eight
(d) Twenty

5. What does Kunta know to be the truth when he feels the ship begin to move?
(a) That he will never see Africa again.
(b) That he's going to America.
(c) That the men he is shackled to are causing the movement.
(d) That he will die on this ship.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are Kunta and the other captives given on their seventh morning on land?

3. How many times daily do the men stop for prayers?

4. What does Fiddler say happened to his previous master?

5. What two items are used to stuff mattresses for the slaves?

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