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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 do the men of the village give the "magic man" when he arrives at Jeffure?

2. Why do the young men grow lots of food?

3. What does Kunta steal in the hope that it might help him escape?

4. Which of the following is not what Kunta knows of the manhood training older boys receive?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What is it that Bell tells Kunta about his master's reaction when Kunta's foot was severed?

4. What does Master John tell the slaves while he is staying at the plantation overseeing things?

5. What does Kunta remember that his father had told him about being willing to give and accept?

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

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

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

9. How does Kunta come to realize that he is now into his "nineteenth rain?"

10. How is Kunta's name revealed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the importance of the stories about Kunta - called the African - to Kizzy and later to her grandchildren? How do these stories reach George?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the relationship as it evolves between George and Tom Lea.

Essay Topic 3

Describe Kunta's life as a baby. How does that compare to his life as an adult slave? How is his life as an adult different in America from what it would be in Africa?

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