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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. Which of the following groups of people claimed to know all along that Sundiata would rise up and walk?
(a) The outcasts.
(b) The sorcerers.
(c) The griots.
(d) The witches.

2. From what land is the hunter from?
(a) Bedahere.
(b) Mongawi.
(c) Querics.
(d) Sangaran.

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

4. In which African country does this story take place?
(a) Libya.
(b) Chad.
(c) Somalia.
(d) Mali.

5. What animal does the hunter who approaches Maghan Kon Fatta offer to him?
(a) A deer.
(b) A lion.
(c) A bird.
(d) A buffalo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Out of what metal does Sundiata ask the blacksmiths to make his walking rod?

2. What object does the hunter use to tell the king's fortune?

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

4. What type of tree is Maghan Kon Fatta's favorite type of tree to rest under?

5. Why does Sogolon believe Djata does not speak with other children?

(see the answer key)

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