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

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

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

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

5. Kunta discovers he is chained to _________.
(a) Other men
(b) The wall of a ship
(c) A tree
(d) A donkey

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is Kunta's punishment upon his capture?

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

5. How many strings does the instrument called a kora have?

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