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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the name of the white man who is appointed overseer by Master Murray?
(a) Thomas
(b) Fred
(c) George
(d) John
2. Where does the author become a journalist?
(a) In Japan
(b) In the military
(c) In Chicago
(d) In Tennessee
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 does not believe girls should be educated.
(c) He says Kizzy is learning toubob things.
(d) He is afraid she will be punished for learning.
4. Who has the biggest cabin among the slave quarters?
(a) Anne
(b) Fiddler
(c) Bell
(d) Kunta
5. How old is the author when his grandfather dies?
(a) Fifteen
(b) Seventeen
(c) Seven
(d) Five
6. What does the master name Kizzy's son?
(a) George
(b) Buck
(c) Kunta
(d) Abraham
7. Why is Kizzy arrested?
(a) She stole paper.
(b) She wrote a note for Noah.
(c) She wrote her name on the slave cabin.
(d) She read newspapers that belonged to the master.
8. Why does Kunta take the seasoned block of wood back to this hut?
(a) To prop his table on
(b) To carve
(c) To use for firewood
(d) To sit on
9. What is the job Tom is assigned to do with regard to the war effort?
(a) Repair guns for the Infantry every other week
(b) Do jobs for the military for free
(c) Blacksmith for the Calvary every other week
(d) Go to war with them to fight
10. What is the gift Tom plans to make for Irene?
(a) A rose of iron
(b) A quilting frame
(c) A carved mortar and pestle
(d) A clock
11. What is the name of the daughter Will spoils?
(a) Matilda
(b) Betty
(c) Bertha
(d) Kizzy
12. What does Kizzy learn will keep her new master busy for several days, thereby saving her from being raped again for that length of time?
(a) His wife is demanding his attention.
(b) He has gone to buy another slave.
(c) His daughter is visiting.
(d) He has gone to a chicken fight.
13. What is the surprise that Cynthia and Will are given by their daughter in 1921?
(a) The news that their daughter was to become a pianist
(b) Their grandchild, Alex Haley
(c) A clock sent by their daughter
(d) The news that they were to have a grandchild
14. What is the name of the organization that proposes a mass return of blacks to Africa?
(a) The Freedman's Society
(b) The Negro Union
(c) The Black Affiliation
(d) The NAACP
15. How does Tom meet Irene?
(a) She is a field hand at a neighboring plantation
(b) At a church meeting
(c) She comes to Tom's blacksmith shop to pick up a hoe
(d) Installing window grills for her missus
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the gift Kunta gives Bell?
2. What is it that Tom Lea says changed his life?
3. What is the gift Bell makes for Kunta prior to their marriage?
4. What is the occupation of Kunta's owner?
5. Where does Kizzy discover she is now living with the new master?
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