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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 91-100.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the effect of the harmattan on the people of Juffure?
(a) Game becomes scarce.
(b) They are unable to grow crops.
(c) Their tempers grow short.
(d) They are cold all the time.

2. What is it that causes Lamin to scream as he and Kunta travel?
(a) A panther
(b) An old man
(c) An elephant
(d) A thorn

3. What are the men of the village talking about when Kunta finds himself gathered around their fire?
(a) The need for more food
(b) The taking of slaves
(c) The harvest festival
(d) The possibility that they have angered Allah

4. What new job is Kunta given after the incident with the house girl's attempted escape?
(a) To learn to read
(b) To care for the horses of visitors
(c) To learn to clean inside
(d) To drive the master

5. What is the disease that runs quickly through the hold of the ship, claiming many lives?
(a) Infection
(b) Scurvy
(c) The flu
(d) The flux

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has the responsibility for harvesting rice?

2. What happens to Kunta's food on the first night he is in the custody of his new master?

3. Who is the woman who tends Kunta after his failed escape attempt?

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

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

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