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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 does Kunta vow that he will do if he ever again returns to his village?

2. Which of the following is not a rule Omoro tells Kunta will help keep him safe from being taken by the toubob?

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

4. What does Kunta learn is the reason that Fiddler is no longer playing for the slaves?

5. Why does Kunta hate the task of carrying Bell's basket of vegetables when she first begins asking him to do it?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does George come to know the identity of his father?

4. How do the rocks with which Kunta keeps track of his age become an issue with the master?

5. How does Chicken George take the death of his wife, Matilda?

6. How does Will Palmer come to be so respected that he's offered the chance to buy the lumber mill?

7. What happens to George and his family as a result of Nat Turner's uprising and what is the end result with regard to the relationship between George and the master, Tom Lea?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the relationship between George and Matilda early in their marriage? How does it change over time? Compare that to the relationship between Kunta and Bell.

Essay Topic 2

How do the attitudes of the blacks change when they are freed? Compare that to the attitudes of the whites over the following years.

Essay Topic 3

What is the traditional story told to the babies and children born of the descendants of Kunta? Why does Will Palmer resent this tradition?

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