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

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

3. Why do Kunta and his father gather the dust of their first footprints of their journey?
(a) To have a piece of home with them at all times.
(b) That dirt is blessed by Kunta's mother.
(c) To ensure their footprints would return to that place.
(d) There is no explanation.

4. What is Binta's reaction to the news that Kunta will be taking Lamin on a trip?
(a) She refuses to let him go.
(b) She is happy and helps them pack food.
(c) She gathers her other two sons and cries.
(d) She begs Omoro to change his mind.

5. 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) He fears going into the big house.
(c) It interrupts his own work.
(d) The women in Africa carry their own.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the women on the ship relay information to the men?

2. What is the fate of the Wolof who attacks the toubobs?

3. What does Kunta say about the color of "the missus?"

4. What song are the blacks in the field singing as Kunta travels with his new owner?

5. What is the purpose of the charms at the head of Omoro's bed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the land prepared for the annual planting season?

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

3. What does Kunta come to realize about the seasons and their impact on his people?

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

5. What is Uncle Mingo's reaction when the master tells them about the uprising and threatens them if they act as if they might revolt?

6. What does Bell say is the master's attitude about the "yellow" slaves?

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

8. What are the circumstances surrounding Tom's first encounter with the man who would become the plantation overseer?

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

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

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