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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 many additional captives are with Kunta when he is first taken?
(a) Eight
(b) He can't count them
(c) Twenty
(d) Eleven

2. Why do the children of Kunta's village try to catch the flakes of ashes?
(a) They believe them to be good luck.
(b) They are trying to keep the fields from catching fire.
(c) They believe each fleck of ash captured brings a day of plenty.
(d) It's just a game.

3. What is the sight that distracts everyone and allows the captive from the Wolof tribe to attack?
(a) The dancing slaves
(b) Another ship
(c) Flying fish
(d) A sudden storm on the horizon

4. How is Kunta fed when he becomes too weak to eat for himself?
(a) He isn't fed
(b) Through a tube
(c) A woman chews the food and then forces it between his lips
(d) By pouring watered gruel down his throat

5. What is the fate of the man who has an infected wound on his leg?
(a) He is considered useless and is thrown overboard
(b) His leg is amputated and he is returned to Africa
(c) He dies in the hold while chained to Kunta
(d) His leg is amputated and he dies

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Kunta know to be the truth when he feels the ship begin to move?

4. How many days is Kunta held in the hold of the ship before being allowed on deck?

5. How does Luther aid in the attempted escape of a house girl?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Omoro tell Kunta a person can become a slave?

3. What does George tell his family about the land in Tennessee where he wants to go?

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

5. 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?

6. What does Kunta believe to have been the fatal flaw in his escape attempt?

7. What is the dispute over fruit that is brought to the council and what is the resolution?

8. What is the deal George and Master Lea agree on with regard to the freedom of the slaves?

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

10. How does Will Palmer come to be so respected that he's offered the chance to buy the lumber mill?

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