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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Kunta hate the task of carrying Bell's basket of vegetables when she first begins asking him to do it?
(a) It interrupts his own work.
(b) He doesn't want to interact with anyone.
(c) He fears going into the big house.
(d) The women in Africa carry their own.

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

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

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

5. Who looks after Kunta and the other young children of the tribe?
(a) The midwives
(b) The older sisters
(c) The grandmothers
(d) The mothers

6. How do the people of Juffure learn that there are ferocious wrestlers on their way to the village?
(a) A strange drum beat
(b) The wrestlers always come at this time
(c) A messenger arrives with the news
(d) There is no warning

7. Where is Kunta to live when he returns to the village after his manhood training?
(a) In his own hut
(b) In a hut with other young men of his age
(c) In the hut of his mother
(d) In the hut with his father

8. What item is bestowed on Kunta by Omoro to mark his next step into manhood at age twelve?
(a) A new bow
(b) New clothes
(c) New shoes
(d) A slingshot

9. Why does Kunta begin eating the horrible gruel that's put before him?
(a) So that he will regain his strength.
(b) He is hungry.
(c) He comes to accept that it's all that will be offered.
(d) To keep from being beaten for not eating.

10. Why do the children of Kunta's village try to catch the flakes of ashes?
(a) They believe them to be good luck.
(b) They believe each fleck of ash captured brings a day of plenty.
(c) It's just a game.
(d) They are trying to keep the fields from catching fire.

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

12. What is the fate of a boy who fails the manhood training?
(a) He is given another chance the following year.
(b) He is treated always like a child and never marries.
(c) He is sent from the village.
(d) He is killed.

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

14. What do the men of the village give the "magic man" when he arrives at Jeffure?
(a) Gifts
(b) Prayers
(c) Nothing
(d) A beating

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kunta learn is the reason that Fiddler is no longer playing for the slaves?

2. How many huts does Kunta discover there are for housing slaves?

3. Why does the old gardener tell Kunta their master doesn't have an overseer?

4. What year is the baby who will be named Kunta born?

5. What are the men of the village talking about when Kunta finds himself gathered around their fire?

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