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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bell eventually reveal about her life before she married Kunta?

2. What is the reason Tom comes home for a visit after nine months of training as a blacksmith?

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

4. What is the meaning of the name Kunta chooses for Bell's daughter?

5. Who is the first person George sees upon his return to the Lea farm?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

After twenty years, Kunta says that he suddenly realizes that he has lost himself. What is it that he feels has happened to him after his years in slavery and what is the impact on him?

Essay Topic 3

What is it that makes the entire family of Matilda and Chicken George travel to Tennessee rather than remaining on the Murray plantation? What makes others join them?

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