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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 71-80.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Master William say are a man's two best investments?
(a) Information and gold
(b) Gold and information
(c) Land and slaves
(d) Slaves and gold

2. How many times do the mourning women walk around Kunta's grandmother when she dies?
(a) Seven
(b) Five
(c) One
(d) Twelve

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

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

5. What is the fate of the man who has an infected wound on his leg?
(a) His leg is amputated and he is returned to Africa
(b) He dies in the hold while chained to Kunta
(c) He is considered useless and is thrown overboard
(d) His leg is amputated and he dies

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is Kunta told that a griot learns his skill?

3. How does Luther aid in the attempted escape of a house girl?

4. What is Kunta wearing when he wakes after his attack?

5. What is the one thing Kunta believes he has kept despite having lost his African heritage?

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