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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 job of Mingo?

2. What is the highest amount offered to the master for George?

3. What is the gift Kunta gives Bell?

4. What does Kunta learn had been the old gardener's name?

5. What is the one thing Kunta believes he has kept despite having lost his African heritage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Kunta's trip to America.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Noah and Kunta each ran away. Compare the actions and motivations of the two. Why are they different? Why are they the same?

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