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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 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.

2. Which of the following is not what Kunta knows of the manhood training older boys receive?
(a) That they are left in the forest to find their way back alone.
(b) That a part of their food is taken away.
(c) That they must hunt wild animals for food.
(d) That they are made to fight each other.

3. Why are battles begun late in the day?
(a) So that the battle could not go on too long.
(b) So that the losing enemy could save face by retreating into the darkness.
(c) So that the attackers could use the setting sun to confuse the enemy.
(d) Because Allah is with the attackers at that time of day.

4. What do the men of the village give the "magic man" when he arrives at Jeffure?
(a) A beating
(b) Nothing
(c) Gifts
(d) Prayers

5. What is Kunta given to help him begin moving about?
(a) Crutches
(b) A wheelchair
(c) Medication to dull the pain
(d) Nothing

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the first job Kunta is given after he begins his recovery?

3. Kunta's daydreams of _________ whenever he finds himself alone with his goats to tend

4. What is the new name given to Kunta?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is George's idea about freedom and how does he expect Tom to help?

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

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

4. How does the relationship between Kunta and Lamin begin to develop as Kunta ages?

5. How does Kunta's father console Kunta upon the death of his grandmother?

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

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

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

9. What happens to Kunta and the other captives each time they're taken to the deck of the ship?

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

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