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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following types of poems is the genre which "Sundiata" belongs to?
(a) Prose.
(b) Epic.
(c) Lyric.
(d) Limmerick.

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

5. What does Dankaran take away from Sundiata, sending him into a fury?
(a) His garden.
(b) His mother.
(c) His brother.
(d) His griot.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following adjectives best describes Djata's physicality as a boy?

3. Who is Fran Kamara?

4. Who first spreads the gossip that Sundiata has sworn to stand up and walk?

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

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