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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the fear spreading among the slaves and that Kunta and Fiddler try to keep to themselves?
(a) Fear of being sold
(b) Fear of the work that's soon to be added to their load
(c) Fear of being turned over to slavers
(d) Fear of being beaten

2. Why does Kunta feel uneasy about Missy Anne's teaching Kizzy the letters of the alphabet?
(a) He does not want Kizzy to play when she should be working.
(b) He is afraid she will be punished for learning.
(c) He says Kizzy is learning toubob things.
(d) He does not believe girls should be educated.

3. What does Missy Anne do to help while Kunta is ill?
(a) She takes over some of the cooking.
(b) She reads from the Bible.
(c) She carries soup to the slave huts.
(d) She travels with her uncle as his assistant.

4. How much does Uncle Mingo bet on the second fight in which he and George participate?
(a) Twenty dollars
(b) Ten dollars
(c) Two dollars
(d) Fifty cents

5. Who is the first person George sees upon his return to the Lea farm?
(a) Matilda
(b) Tom Lea
(c) Miss Malizy
(d) Kizzy

6. What is the gift Bell makes for Kunta prior to their marriage?
(a) A cap
(b) A mat
(c) Shoes
(d) Socks

7. What is the highest amount offered to the master for George?
(a) Three hundred dollars
(b) Three thousand dollars
(c) Four hundred dollars
(d) Four thousand dollars

8. A slave who is asked whether he'll side with the North or South says that the two are like what animal?
(a) Horses
(b) Jackasses
(c) Cats
(d) Dogs

9. What is the one thing Kunta believes he has kept despite having lost his African heritage?
(a) Nothing
(b) His love of his family
(c) His faith
(d) His dignity

10. What is the news George and the master learn as they are preparing for the trip to New Orleans?
(a) That Uncle Mingo has died
(b) That Uncle Pompey has died
(c) That the missus has died
(d) That Virgil has died

11. Why does Kizzy not offer to teach her son to read and write?
(a) She has forgotten how herself.
(b) She wants him to be ready to learn.
(c) She knows it's against the law.
(d) She feels the knowledge ruined her own life.

12. Who drives the master while Kunta is sick with the fever?
(a) Fiddler
(b) Noah
(c) Bell
(d) Cato

13. How does Tom meet Irene?
(a) Installing window grills for her missus
(b) She is a field hand at a neighboring plantation
(c) She comes to Tom's blacksmith shop to pick up a hoe
(d) At a church meeting

14. What is it that George shows the master in an effort to sell the idea of Tom becoming a blacksmith?
(a) A pitcher made of a cowhorn
(b) A pitcher made of a broken shovel
(c) A pitcher made of brass
(d) A pitcher made of wire

15. What does Bell say she discovered about the slaves if their master dies without a wife?
(a) That his niece will inherit them.
(b) That they will be given to his brother.
(c) That they will be sold with the plantation.
(d) That they will be freed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the occupation of Kunta's owner?

2. How old is Kizzy when Bell tells her she will have to begin doing some work at the big house?

3. Why is Kizzy arrested?

4. What is the gift George gives to Matilda when they marry?

5. What does George learn he must do in order to retain his status as a free man?

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