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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. How much does Kunta's new owner pay for him?

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

3. How many strings does the instrument called a kora have?

4. Who has the responsibility for harvesting rice?

5. Why are battles begun late in the day?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What lesson is given the boys regarding emotions?

3. What is Kunta's first thought after having thought of his father's brothers aboard the slave ship?

4. What is the story about Kunta's grandfather's role in Kunta's people?

5. How is the size of growing plots determined?

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

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

8. How does Irene go about ensuring that her master and missus will sell her to Tom's?

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

10. How does George become the source of news for the slaves ion the plantation where Kizzy lives?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the first plantation where Kunta is held with the second. What does he say is the same at the two?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

How does Kunta come to marry Bell? What are his reservations about that step?

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