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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Lion Child.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does the king fear marrying Sogolon?
(a) Because he thinks she is a spider reincarnated.
(b) Because he thinks she is too good for him.
(c) Because he thinks she has an evil spirit.
(d) Because he thinks she is possessed with ghosts.

3. On which topic do Sundiata's ancestors seek advise from the heavens?
(a) How to make their women fertile.
(b) How to make their crops flourish.
(c) How to be dilligent apostles.
(d) How to rule the country.

4. What is the role of a griot?
(a) Medicine man.
(b) Spiritual advisor.
(c) Story teller.
(d) King.

5. What physical deformity does the hunter tell the king his future wife should have?
(a) She should be a humpback.
(b) She should be a dwarf.
(c) She should be a giant.
(d) She should be a mute.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what land is the hunter from?

2. From which direction does the hunter promise a "great light" will come from?

3. How long does Sassouma decide to wait until she finishes her plot against Sogolon?

4. Which of the following types of poems is the genre which "Sundiata" belongs to?

5. Which of the following activities do Sundiata's ancestors excel at?

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