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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How is Kunta told that a griot learns his skill?
(a) By reading the written ancestry of the tribes.
(b) By traveling from tribe to tribe and learning from tribe elders.
(c) By spending time with the minds of the ancestors.
(d) By studying with the elder griots.

3. What is the name of the brother born during Kunta's manhood training?
(a) Sundiata
(b) Suwadu
(c) Lamin
(d) Madi

4. Why does the old gardener tell Kunta their master doesn't have an overseer?
(a) His previous overseer wasn't trustworthy.
(b) He wants no one to beat the slaves.
(c) He wants to be the overseer himself.
(d) He believes the slaves won't run away.

5. How does Luther aid in the attempted escape of a house girl?
(a) Gives her food
(b) Throws the hounds off her scent
(c) Hides her in the barn
(d) Draws her a map

6. What is the name of the village where Kunta lives?
(a) Jefferson
(b) Mandinka
(c) Juffure
(d) Omoro

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

8. What is the name of the brown man who first befriends Kunta?
(a) Samson
(b) Fiddler
(c) Buck
(d) Fredrick

9. How old are girls when they prepare to marry?
(a) Thirty rains or older
(b) Fourteen rains or younger
(c) Nineteen rains or older
(d) Twenty rains or younger

10. What is the sight that distracts everyone and allows the captive from the Wolof tribe to attack?
(a) Flying fish
(b) The dancing slaves
(c) Another ship
(d) A sudden storm on the horizon

11. Why do the young men grow lots of food?
(a) To trade for things they can't grow
(b) To provide for the village
(c) To entice game
(d) To feed their families

12. What name is given to Kunta's baby brother?
(a) Kairaba
(b) Yasia
(c) Lamin
(d) Larry

13. What is Binta's reaction to the news that Kunta will be taking Lamin on a trip?
(a) She gathers her other two sons and cries.
(b) She is happy and helps them pack food.
(c) She refuses to let him go.
(d) She begs Omoro to change his mind.

14. How is Bell getting information about the uprising against England?
(a) News comes from slaves of other plantations.
(b) She finds documents left by the master
(c) She listens in on conversations whenever there is company.
(d) The master is talking to her.

15. How many times do the mourning women walk around Kunta's grandmother when she dies?
(a) Five
(b) Seven
(c) Twelve
(d) One

Short Answer Questions

1. What infirmity does the "brown" man have during Kunta's recuperation?

2. What is the instrument Kunta hears being played by an African slave owned by the father of Kunta's master?

3. What is it that causes Lamin to scream as he and Kunta travel?

4. What does Kunta know to be the truth when he feels the ship begin to move?

5. Who tells Kunta and the other children the story of Kunta's grandfather's prayers for the deliverance from the drought?

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