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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 it that the slave named Noah tells Kunta that he plans to do?
(a) Run away
(b) Ask Kizzy to marry him
(c) Be a driver like Kunta
(d) Try to make money like Fiddler

2. After whom is Kunta named?
(a) The midwife
(b) His father
(c) His grandmother
(d) His grandfather

3. What does Bell say about the reason the master has never been married?
(a) That he was to be married but the young woman drowned.
(b) That he has never found a woman worthy of him.
(c) That he was married and his wife died in childbirth.
(d) That he is to be married in the coming year.

4. What hope does Kunta hold even when he realizes he can never return to Juffure?
(a) That he can have a family of his own.
(b) That he can at least escape and live in the forests of this new land.
(c) That Allah will not let him die in captivity.
(d) That he can learn to live happily in his new role.

5. How does Kunta know he and his mates are approaching a freshly cut bamboo grove?
(a) He senses it from the direction they are walking.
(b) He smells it through his hood.
(c) He hears the slaves talking about it.
(d) He sees it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the effect of the harmattan on the people of Juffure?

2. What is the slave name of the man with the African name Boteng Bediako?

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

4. How much does Kunta's new owner pay for him?

5. According to custom, when is Kunta to be weaned?

(see the answer key)

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