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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kunta learn is the purpose of the trip being taken by the three young men who arrive one day at his village?
(a) They have run away from slavers.
(b) They are searching for wives.
(c) They are looking for Kunta's father.
(d) They are searching for gold.

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

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

4. What does a shrouded moon signify?
(a) That there will be a storm.
(b) That Allah is displeased.
(c) That the following day will be bright.
(d) That Allah is preparing a reward.

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

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

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

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

9. What does Kunta say about the color of "the missus?"
(a) That her coloring is beautiful.
(b) That she is the same as a toad's underbelly
(c) That it makes her pitiful.
(d) That her coloring is like honey.

10. How many times daily do the men stop for prayers?
(a) Two
(b) One
(c) There is no set number
(d) Five

11. What does Kunta do with the food the woman brings him as he continues to convalesce?
(a) He does not eat it until she leaves.
(b) He does not eat it at all.
(c) He feeds it to the dog.
(d) He gobbles it as soon as she hands it to him.

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

13. What is Kunta given to help him begin moving about?
(a) Crutches
(b) A wheelchair
(c) Nothing
(d) Medication to dull the pain

14. 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 show his mother his love for her.
(c) That he will never again leave.
(d) That he will tell what the toubob land is really like.

15. What does Kunta look for each morning as he eats?
(a) Food to save for later
(b) A way to remove his shackles
(c) Anything that could be used to write with
(d) Anything that could be used as a weapon

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the disease that runs quickly through the hold of the ship, claiming many lives?

2. What does Kunta know to be the meaning of the frequent howling of women in their huts?

3. What item is bestowed on Kunta by Binta to mark his next step into manhood?

4. Where does Kunta plan to go on his next trip?

5. What hope does Kunta hold even when he realizes he can never return to Juffure?

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