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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. How do the women on the ship relay information to the men?
(a) They send messages along the lines of the captives.
(b) They sing it while the men are on deck.
(c) They pass notes.
(d) The women share information while passing out food and water.

2. What is the one item Omoro keeps from Kunta's childish grasp?
(a) The charms at the head of his bed
(b) The hot coals of the fire
(c) The prayer rug
(d) The arrows

3. What is the drawing on the hide displayed by Janneh?
(a) A map of Africa
(b) A map of the locations of the tribes of Africa
(c) The history of their people
(d) Writing of Allah

4. Why does Kunta hate the task of carrying Bell's basket of vegetables when she first begins asking him to do it?
(a) He doesn't want to interact with anyone.
(b) The women in Africa carry their own.
(c) He fears going into the big house.
(d) It interrupts his own work.

5. How many strings does the instrument called a kora have?
(a) Six
(b) Twelve
(c) Twenty-four
(d) Eighteen

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What year is the baby who will be named Kunta born?

3. What does Fiddler do to make his fingers nimble again?

4. What do Kunta and Lamin have when they return to Juffure?

5. What does Kunta look for each morning as he eats?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the issue brought to the council by the young girl named Jankeh Jallon?

2. What does Kunta remember that his father had told him about being willing to give and accept?

3. Why does Kunta become disappointed with his new role as a man?

4. How are the boys of Kunta's village taken away for their manhood training?

5. Of what is Kunta reminded during his time with the Ghanaian?

6. How does George come to know the identity of his father?

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

8. What is the attitude of the other blacks Kunta reaches the plantation that will be his new home and what does Kunta think of it?

9. What does Fiddler say to Kunta when Kunta finally wakes from his coma during his bout with the fever?

10. What is the attitude of Nyo Boto upon Kunta's return from his training and what is its impact on them both?

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