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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 Missy Anne do to help while Kunta is ill?
(a) She carries soup to the slave huts.
(b) She travels with her uncle as his assistant.
(c) She reads from the Bible.
(d) She takes over some of the cooking.

2. What does Bell say she discovered about the slaves if their master dies without a wife?
(a) That they will be given to his brother.
(b) That they will be freed.
(c) That his niece will inherit them.
(d) That they will be sold with the plantation.

3. What does a shrouded moon signify?
(a) That Allah is displeased.
(b) That there will be a storm.
(c) That the following day will be bright.
(d) That Allah is preparing a reward.

4. What does Kunta know to be the meaning of the frequent howling of women in their huts?
(a) That a husband has taken a new wife
(b) That the woman's family is hungry
(c) That a child is being born
(d) That a loved one has died

5. What is the instrument Kunta hears being played by an African slave owned by the father of Kunta's master?
(a) A bongo
(b) A drum
(c) A harp
(d) A qua-qua

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Kizzy when Bell tells her she will have to begin doing some work at the big house?

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

3. What had been the cause of the gardener's disability?

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

5. What do Kunta and Lamin have when they return to Juffure?

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