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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Lion's Awakening.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the warriors kill the animal that is terrorizing Do?
(a) With their spears.
(b) With their spirituality.
(c) With kindness.
(d) With their stamina.

2. Which of the following actions is Djata most often seen doing by the villagers?
(a) Running.
(b) Crawling.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Hunting.

3. Which group of African people is focused on in Sundiata's story?
(a) The servants.
(b) The working class.
(c) The peseants.
(d) The kings.

4. To what religion do Sundiata's ancestors belong?
(a) Buddhism.
(b) Islam.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Hinduism.

5. After what event does Sundiata promise to stand up and walk?
(a) After a humiliating beating.
(b) After his eighteenth birthday.
(c) After his mother passes away.
(d) After Dankaran rises to power.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does Sassouma claim Dankaran was when he first began to collect baobob?

2. How do the people of Mali treat Sundiata after the king dies?

3. To which family member is young Djata most attached?

4. Which of the following characters is the griot of Sundiata's story?

5. From whom do Sundiata's ancestors seek advise at the opening of the story?

(see the answer key)

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