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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the gift Nyo Boto gives Kunta as he prepares to go on the journey with his father?
(a) A pouch
(b) A slingshot
(c) A story
(d) A charm

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

4. Why do the people of Kunta's village protect owls?
(a) They are prohibited by the religion.
(b) They are elusive.
(c) They are protected by Allah.
(d) The spirits of ancestors reside in owls.

5. What is the purpose of the charms at the head of Omoro's bed?
(a) To provide decoration
(b) To keep Kunta from having bad dreams
(c) To ward off evil spirits
(d) To ensure good hunting

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

7. What is the purpose of the tree trunk Kunta plans to chop down?
(a) A coffin
(b) The body of a drum
(c) Firewood
(d) A canoe

8. 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 must hunt wild animals for food.
(c) That they are made to fight each other.
(d) That they are left in the forest to find their way back alone.

9. What does Kunta steal in the hope that it might help him escape?
(a) A knife
(b) A map
(c) A wedge
(d) A key

10. 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.

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

12. What does Kunta learn is the reason that Fiddler is no longer playing for the slaves?
(a) He is planning to leave the plantation.
(b) He is angry at Kunta.
(c) He is getting too old to play well.
(d) He is paid to play for the whites and is worn out.

13. How is Kunta fed when he becomes too weak to eat for himself?
(a) Through a tube
(b) He isn't fed
(c) A woman chews the food and then forces it between his lips
(d) By pouring watered gruel down his throat

14. Who tells Kunta and the other children the story of Kunta's grandfather's prayers for the deliverance from the drought?
(a) Lamin
(b) No One
(c) Nyo Boto
(d) Yasia

15. What is the new name given to Kunta?
(a) Buck
(b) Toby
(c) Thomas
(d) Samson

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the brown man who first befriends Kunta?

2. What do the men of the village give the "magic man" when he arrives at Jeffure?

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

4. How do the people of Juffure learn that there are ferocious wrestlers on their way to the village?

5. Where is Kunta to live when he returns to the village after his manhood training?

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