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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 does Kunta learn is the reason that Fiddler is no longer playing for the slaves?
(a) He is planning to leave the plantation.
(b) He is getting too old to play well.
(c) He is angry at Kunta.
(d) He is paid to play for the whites and is worn out.

2. What is the fate of the young girl who jumps overboard?
(a) She is eaten by sharks.
(b) She drowns.
(c) She is left behind.
(d) She is shot by the slavers.

3. Who tells Kunta and the other children the story of Kunta's grandfather's prayers for the deliverance from the drought?
(a) Nyo Boto
(b) No One
(c) Lamin
(d) Yasia

4. Why does the old gardener tell Kunta their master doesn't have an overseer?
(a) He wants to be the overseer himself.
(b) He believes the slaves won't run away.
(c) He wants no one to beat the slaves.
(d) His previous overseer wasn't trustworthy.

5. Which of the following is not a rule Omoro tells Kunta will help keep him safe from being taken by the toubob?
(a) Never be without a weapon
(b) Never be out at night
(c) Stay away from high bushes and weeds
(d) Never be alone

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the effect of the harmattan on the people of Juffure?

3. What two items are used to stuff mattresses for the slaves?

4. What does Kunta learn is the purpose of the trip being taken by the three young men who arrive one day at his village?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Kunta's friends act upon his return?

2. How do all the stories of Nyo Boto begin?

3. What hope does Kizzy hold onto regarding how she might yet be returned to her parents?

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

5. What is it that divides and delays an uprising of the captives aboard the ship?

6. How does Chicken George take the death of his wife, Matilda?

7. What is the skill Bell has that she keeps hidden from Kunta and why?

8. What is Kunta's first thought after having thought of his father's brothers aboard the slave ship?

9. What is the dream Belle has during her pregnancy?

10. How does George become the source of news for the slaves ion the plantation where Kizzy lives?

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