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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Master William say are a man's two best investments?
(a) Gold and information
(b) Slaves and gold
(c) Information and gold
(d) Land and slaves

2. How old is Kizzy's son when he begins working in the field?
(a) Six
(b) Four
(c) Eight
(d) Five

3. 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.

4. What fact does the overseer withhold from Master Murray?
(a) That he is married.
(b) That he will work hard in the fields.
(c) That he is poor.
(d) That he doesn't know anything about being an overseer.

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

6. Where is Kizzy to spend her second birthday?
(a) In the big house with Miss Anne
(b) In the fields with the slaves
(c) At home for a party of close friends
(d) Alone with Kunta and Bell

7. What is the contraption Amos describes that sounds like a cricket?
(a) A telegraph
(b) An anvil
(c) A washing machine
(d) A sewing machine

8. What is the meaning of the name Kunta chooses for Bell's daughter?
(a) Freedom
(b) You stay put
(c) Remain faithful
(d) Child of God

9. Why is the name Virgil given to George and Matilda's son?
(a) The master selects it.
(b) It was George's father's name.
(c) It was the name of the man who previously owned Matilda.
(d) It is Matilda's father's name.

10. What does the master name Kizzy's son?
(a) George
(b) Abraham
(c) Buck
(d) Kunta

11. What is the name of the new masters who have purchased Matilda and her family?
(a) Ashford
(b) Murray
(c) McPhearson
(d) Williams

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

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

14. How old is the author when his grandfather dies?
(a) Fifteen
(b) Seven
(c) Seventeen
(d) Five

15. What is the slave name of the man with the African name Boteng Bediako?
(a) Pompey
(b) Thomas
(c) Bud
(d) Pompus

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it that Tom Lea says changed his life?

2. What is the reason Tom comes home for a visit after nine months of training as a blacksmith?

3. What is the one thing Kunta believes he has kept despite having lost his African heritage?

4. What is it that the slave named Noah tells Kunta that he plans to do?

5. What is the surprise that Cynthia and Will are given by their daughter in 1921?

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