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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Kunta remain away from the Fiddler's house during Christmas?
(a) Kunta is called to work extra hours at the big house.
(b) Kunta fears Allah will not like it.
(c) Fiddler is ill.
(d) Kunta is suddenly ill.

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

3. Which of the following is not what Kunta knows of the manhood training older boys receive?
(a) That they are made to fight each other.
(b) That a part of their food is taken away.
(c) That they are left in the forest to find their way back alone.
(d) That they must hunt wild animals for food.

4. What does Kunta discover is the name of the black man who gives him the new name?
(a) Thomas
(b) Toby
(c) Samson
(d) Buck

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who has the responsibility for harvesting rice?

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

5. What safeguard does Master John insist on with regard to his food after he learns about the black uprising in Richmond?

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