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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 111-120.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Kunta and his father gather the dust of their first footprints of their journey?
(a) There is no explanation.
(b) That dirt is blessed by Kunta's mother.
(c) To have a piece of home with them at all times.
(d) To ensure their footprints would return to that place.

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

3. Where does George find his freedom papers?
(a) The master's pocket
(b) The master's desk
(c) The master's strongbox
(d) He gets the master drunk and asks

4. What fact does the overseer withhold from Master Murray?
(a) That he will work hard in the fields.
(b) That he doesn't know anything about being an overseer.
(c) That he is poor.
(d) That he is married.

5. Who drives the master while Kunta is sick with the fever?
(a) Noah
(b) Bell
(c) Cato
(d) Fiddler

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the master's niece of whom he is overly fond?

2. Why does Kunta begin eating the horrible gruel that's put before him?

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

4. What food is offered Kunta by the black slave?

5. What does Kunta believe to be the reason for the scrubbing, medicating and shaving just after land is sighted?

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