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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do Kunta and Lamin have when they return to Juffure?
(a) A collection of elephant tusks
(b) Seeds for new crops
(c) Enough gold to buy a cow
(d) A panther hide

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

4. Kunta's daydreams of _________ whenever he finds himself alone with his goats to tend
(a) A mighty lion
(b) An angry elephant
(c) A wildebeast
(d) A wounded buffalo

5. 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 a husband has taken a new wife
(c) That a loved one has died
(d) That the woman's family is hungry

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

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

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

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

10. What is the gift Omoro gives Kunta upon his graduation?
(a) A pair of goats
(b) A drum
(c) A new set of clothes
(d) A blessing

11. What is the instrument Kunta hears being played by an African slave owned by the father of Kunta's master?
(a) A harp
(b) A qua-qua
(c) A bongo
(d) A drum

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

13. What is Kunta's punishment upon his capture?
(a) He is beaten with clubs.
(b) He is whipped.
(c) He is branded again.
(d) He is bitten by the dogs.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the fate of a boy who fails the manhood training?

3. How is Kunta told that a griot learns his skill?

4. What is the sight that distracts everyone and allows the captive from the Wolof tribe to attack?

5. Why are the young men of Kunta's age urged to attend council meetings?

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