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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Kunta's food on the first night he is in the custody of his new master?
(a) The dog eats it.
(b) It is out of his reach and he cannot get it.
(c) He eats it.
(d) Some children take it from him.

2. What is it that causes Lamin to scream as he and Kunta travel?
(a) A panther
(b) An old man
(c) An elephant
(d) A thorn

3. What does Kunta vow that he will do if he ever again returns to his village?
(a) That he will tell what the toubob land is really like.
(b) That he will raise an army to kill toubob.
(c) That he will never again leave.
(d) That he will show his mother his love for her.

4. Who is the woman who tends Kunta after his failed escape attempt?
(a) Bell
(b) Bando
(c) Brenda
(d) Binta

5. What is the first job Kunta is given after he begins his recovery?
(a) Working the fields
(b) Gardening
(c) Carrying firewood and water
(d) Mending fences

6. Who has the responsibility for harvesting rice?
(a) The young boys
(b) The entire family
(c) The women
(d) The men

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

8. What is the effect of the harmattan on the people of Juffure?
(a) They are unable to grow crops.
(b) They are cold all the time.
(c) Game becomes scarce.
(d) Their tempers grow short.

9. What is the fate of the young girl who jumps overboard?
(a) She is eaten by sharks.
(b) She is shot by the slavers.
(c) She drowns.
(d) She is left behind.

10. What is the fate of the Wolof who attacks the toubobs?
(a) He is beheaded then slashed with whips.
(b) He is whipped to death then beheaded.
(c) He is beheaded and tossed overboard where sharks eat the body.
(d) He is shot and tossed overboard where sharks eat the body.

11. What is the one item Omoro keeps from Kunta's childish grasp?
(a) The hot coals of the fire
(b) The charms at the head of his bed
(c) The arrows
(d) The prayer rug

12. What does Kunta know to be the meaning of the frequent howling of women in their huts?
(a) That a child is being born
(b) That the woman's family is hungry
(c) That a husband has taken a new wife
(d) That a loved one has died

13. How many strings does the instrument called a kora have?
(a) Twenty-four
(b) Six
(c) Twelve
(d) Eighteen

14. What does Kunta say about the color of "the missus?"
(a) That she is the same as a toad's underbelly
(b) That her coloring is beautiful.
(c) That her coloring is like honey.
(d) That it makes her pitiful.

15. Which of the following is not what Kunta knows of the manhood training older boys receive?
(a) That a part of their food is taken away.
(b) That they are left in the forest to find their way back alone.
(c) That they must hunt wild animals for food.
(d) That they are made to fight each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item is bestowed on Kunta by Omoro to mark his next step into manhood at age twelve?

2. What does Kunta look for each morning as he eats?

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

4. What is the name of the brother born during Kunta's manhood training?

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

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