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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 item is bestowed on Kunta by Omoro to mark his next step into manhood at age twelve?
(a) A slingshot
(b) New clothes
(c) A new bow
(d) New shoes

2. Which of the following is not a pastime of Kunta and his friends?
(a) Running with the dogs of the village
(b) Digging up termite mounds
(c) Racing scarab dung beetles
(d) Chasing squirrels

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

4. Who tells Kunta and the other children the story of Kunta's grandfather's prayers for the deliverance from the drought?
(a) Nyo Boto
(b) No One
(c) Lamin
(d) Yasia

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Bell eventually reveal about her life before she married Kunta?

3. What name is given to Kunta's baby brother?

4. How does Kunta know he and his mates are approaching a freshly cut bamboo grove?

5. What do Kunta's friends believe about the toubob?

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