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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 the new name given to Kunta?

2. Who tells Kunta and the other children the story of Kunta's grandfather's prayers for the deliverance from the drought?

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

4. What are Kunta and the other captives given on their seventh morning on land?

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

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

3. What are Kunta's thoughts when he sees the toubob women?

4. Of what is Kunta reminded during his time with the Ghanaian?

5. What lesson is given the boys regarding emotions?

6. What is the deal George and Master Lea agree on with regard to the freedom of the slaves?

7. What does Kunta believe to have been the fatal flaw in his escape attempt?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What is the immediate reaction of Tom and the family when they learn that of the Emancipation Proclamation? How does it change over time, and what is the end result?

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