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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question is NOT asked of the boys of Kunta's group upon their graduation?
(a) A math problem about monkeys and ground nuts
(b) How to decipher the message of the village drum
(c) About the work of their ancestors
(d) How to write their names in Arabic

2. Where is Kunta to live when he returns to the village after his manhood training?
(a) In the hut with his father
(b) In the hut of his mother
(c) In a hut with other young men of his age
(d) In his own hut

3. Which of the following is not a pastime of Kunta and his friends?
(a) Racing scarab dung beetles
(b) Digging up termite mounds
(c) Running with the dogs of the village
(d) Chasing squirrels

4. What are Kunta and the other captives given on their seventh morning on land?
(a) Medicine
(b) Meat
(c) Clothes
(d) A prayer mat

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the brother born during Kunta's manhood training?

2. How is Kunta fed when he becomes too weak to eat for himself?

3. Why does the old gardener tell Kunta their master doesn't have an overseer?

4. What is the fate of the man who has an infected wound on his leg?

5. What food is offered Kunta by the black slave?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kunta learn to be the cause of the brown man's broken arm?

2. What is the concern Matilda feels about George's travels?

3. What is the purpose of the fudano leaves used by the women of the village?

4. Describe Kunta's arrival at the first stop on his travels to the plantation.

5. How is the land prepared for the annual planting season?

6. With the many traders who stop at Juffure, why do some pass without stopping?

7. What does Master John tell the slaves while he is staying at the plantation overseeing things?

8. How is the size of growing plots determined?

9. What is Kunta's reaction when he sees the toubob unwrap his foot for the first time after the amputation?

10. What happens to George and his family as a result of Nat Turner's uprising and what is the end result with regard to the relationship between George and the master, Tom Lea?

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