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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the white man who is appointed overseer by Master Murray?
(a) John
(b) Thomas
(c) George
(d) Fred

2. What song does Fiddler say he played to prove to the whites in Richmond that he was a fiddler?
(a) Old Dan Tucker
(b) Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
(c) Turkey in the Straw
(d) Cotton-Eyed Joe

3. What is the message Kunta believes has come to him from Allah after he is on land?
(a) That the wise man learns from the animals.
(b) That he is to be returned to his family.
(c) That he will survive if he continues to have faith.
(d) That his life is in the hands of Allah.

4. What is the name of the organization that proposes a mass return of blacks to Africa?
(a) The NAACP
(b) The Black Affiliation
(c) The Negro Union
(d) The Freedman's Society

5. What does Kunta know to be the truth when he feels the ship begin to move?
(a) That he will die on this ship.
(b) That he will never see Africa again.
(c) That the men he is shackled to are causing the movement.
(d) That he's going to America.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is Kizzy's son when he begins working in the field?

3. What is the one thing Kunta believes he has kept despite having lost his African heritage?

4. What fact does the overseer withhold from Master Murray?

5. Why does Kunta remain away from the Fiddler's house during Christmas?

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