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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the significance of a wrestler picking up the headpiece of a village girl?
(a) He is offering to trade her a gift for the head piece.
(b) There is no significance.
(c) He is expressing his interest in marriage.
(d) He is signalling an appreciation for her sewing ability.

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

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

4. What happens to one of Kunta's goats while he is supposed to be watching over them?
(a) It dies giving birth.
(b) It is killed by a panther.
(c) It is killed by a hyena.
(d) It wanders away and is lost.

5. What song are the blacks in the field singing as Kunta travels with his new owner?
(a) He cannot understand the words.
(b) Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
(c) An African death song
(d) Through the Valley

6. 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

7. How many huts does Kunta discover there are for housing slaves?
(a) Ten
(b) Four
(c) Twelve
(d) Eight

8. Kunta discovers he is chained to _________.
(a) Other men
(b) A tree
(c) The wall of a ship
(d) A donkey

9. How much does Kunta's new owner pay for him?
(a) Three hundred and fifty dollars
(b) One thousand dollars
(c) Eight hundred and fifty dollars
(d) Seven hundred dollars

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

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

12. What is the purpose of the turtle and the fish in the village well?
(a) To eat insects
(b) There is no purpose
(c) To provide food
(d) They are left there as a prank by the younger boys

13. What is the rule Kunta must follow when it is time to eat?
(a) Keep his eyes on his own food
(b) Never speak to adults who are eating
(c) Chew with his mouth closed
(d) Eati only after the adults begin

14. 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 smells it through his hood.
(d) He senses it from the direction they are walking.

15. What is the penalty Kunta is subjected to when he runs away yet again?
(a) Half his foot is chopped off.
(b) He is whipped and beaten.
(c) He is refused food for a week.
(d) Two toes are chopped off.

Short Answer Questions

1. What order is given to the young boy who continually talks when he should be silent?

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

3. How many days is Kunta held in the hold of the ship before being allowed on deck?

4. What does Fiddler do to make his fingers nimble again?

5. How is Kunta fed when he becomes too weak to eat for himself?

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