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

2. What does a shrouded moon signify?
(a) That Allah is displeased.
(b) That Allah is preparing a reward.
(c) That there will be a storm.
(d) That the following day will be bright.

3. What is the effect of the harmattan on the people of Juffure?
(a) They are cold all the time.
(b) Game becomes scarce.
(c) Their tempers grow short.
(d) They are unable to grow crops.

4. What is the gift Omoro gives Kunta upon his graduation?
(a) A pair of goats
(b) A new set of clothes
(c) A blessing
(d) A drum

5. What two items are used to stuff mattresses for the slaves?
(a) Cornshucks and good feathers
(b) Hay and cornshucks
(c) Moss and hay
(d) Moss and cornshucks

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a rule Omoro tells Kunta will help keep him safe from being taken by the toubob?

2. Why do the young men grow lots of food?

3. How is Bell getting information about the uprising against England?

4. What new job is Kunta given after the incident with the house girl's attempted escape?

5. What question is NOT asked of the boys of Kunta's group upon their graduation?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Fiddler tell Kunta he's a "half-free nigger?"

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

3. How do the rocks with which Kunta keeps track of his age become an issue with the master?

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

5. Describe the reactions of the mothers when the young men in training slip into their storehouses to steal food?

6. How does Irene go about ensuring that her master and missus will sell her to Tom's?

7. How does Kunta come to realize that he is now into his "nineteenth rain?"

8. What are some of the sounds Kunta misses from his home during the quiet times on the planation?

9. How is the size of growing plots determined?

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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