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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Childhood.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the weather like when Sogolon first goes into labor?
(a) It is snowing.
(b) It is sunny.
(c) It is raining.
(d) It is hailing.

2. What does Sassouma plot to do to Sogolon?
(a) Kill her.
(b) Exile her.
(c) Humiliate her.
(d) Injure her.

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

4. How does Sassouma feel about young Djata and the fact that he is seemingly slow?
(a) She is confused.
(b) She is worried.
(c) She is apathetic.
(d) She is pleased.

5. What animal is terrorizing the land of Do?
(a) A lion.
(b) A buffalo.
(c) A warthog.
(d) A monkey.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What appears in the sky at the moment that Sagolon's baby is born?

3. When the king dies, what does he give to Djata on his deathbed?

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

5. In which African country does this story take place?

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