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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Kunta believe to be the reason for the scrubbing, medicating and shaving just after land is sighted?
(a) That they are to be killed.
(b) That they are to be sent to Allah.
(c) That they are to be eaten.
(d) That they are being prepared for sale.

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

8. How many additional captives are with Kunta when he is first taken?
(a) Twenty
(b) Eight
(c) Eleven
(d) He can't count them

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

10. What are the men of the village talking about when Kunta finds himself gathered around their fire?
(a) The harvest festival
(b) The taking of slaves
(c) The possibility that they have angered Allah
(d) The need for more food

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

12. What hope does Kunta hold even when he realizes he can never return to Juffure?
(a) That he can have a family of his own.
(b) That he can learn to live happily in his new role.
(c) That Allah will not let him die in captivity.
(d) That he can at least escape and live in the forests of this new land.

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

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

15. How does Kunta know he and his mates are approaching a freshly cut bamboo grove?
(a) He sees it.
(b) He smells it through his hood.
(c) He senses it from the direction they are walking.
(d) He hears the slaves talking about it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the women on the ship relay information to the men?

2. What does Bell say about the reason the master has never been married?

3. Why does Kunta remain away from the Fiddler's house during Christmas?

4. What is Kunta given to help him begin moving about?

5. Why does Kunta hate the task of carrying Bell's basket of vegetables when she first begins asking him to do it?

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