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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kunta given to help him begin moving about?

2. What is the drawing on the hide displayed by Janneh?

3. What is the fate of a boy who fails the manhood training?

4. What is the name of the brown man who first befriends Kunta?

5. What is the one item Omoro keeps from Kunta's childish grasp?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What lesson is given the boys regarding emotions?

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

4. What does Fiddler say to Kunta when Kunta finally wakes from his coma during his bout with the fever?

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

6. 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?

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

8. How does it come about that Kunta realizes he is now thirty-four rains in age?

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

10. How does George get his freedom papers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At one point Kizzy says that Tom Lea's chickens stole George from them. What does she mean and how do those chickens eventually impact the lives of the entire family?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Kunta's trip to America.

Essay Topic 3

What is the belief of Kunta's people regarding the toubob and the taking of slaves? What is the significance of the white cock's death with regard to those taken captive?

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