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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. What do the Malian people believe is the most definitive characteristic of the heavenly God?
(a) He is vengeful.
(b) He is mysterious.
(c) He is trustworthy.
(d) He is powerful.

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

3. 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.

4. What object does the hunter use to tell the king's fortune?
(a) Seashells.
(b) Tarot cards.
(c) Tea leaves.
(d) Bones.

5. Where does Sassouma force Sologon to live after the king dies?
(a) Out in the woods, far away from the palace.
(b) In the desert.
(c) In a small patch behind the palace.
(d) In a pig sty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the hunter revere small seeds?

2. Why is Sassouma jealous of Sogolon?

3. What is the role of a griot?

4. What does Sassouma plot to do to Sogolon?

5. How does Sassouma feel about young Djata and the fact that he is seemingly slow?

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