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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the slave name of the man with the African name Boteng Bediako?

2. What is the gift George gives to Matilda when they marry?

3. What is the contraption Amos describes that sounds like a cricket?

4. What gift does Kunta carve for Kizzy's second birthday?

5. What is the name of the new masters who have purchased Matilda and her family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When is the first time Kunta comes to feel the emotions of his people as they dance around a ceremonial fire? What happens to him at this ceremony? Why does it happen at this time? How does it affect him?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

At a shop in Melville Township, a slave is asked whether he would side with the Southerners or the Yankees if a war broke out. The slave says, "You's seed two dogs fightin' over a bone, Mass? Well, us niggers be's dat bone." What does he mean?

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