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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When the king dies, what does he give to Djata on his deathbed?
(a) A griot.
(b) A goat.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A garden.

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 rule the country.
(d) How to make their women fertile.

4. How old is young Djata when the reader first sees him again after his birth?
(a) Twenty years old.
(b) Three years old.
(c) Ten years old.
(d) Thirteen years old.

5. How many names is the new baby given at his naming ceremony?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Sundiata visits Ghana, what does he realize about the people who live there?

2. How does Dankaran feel when Sundiata swears to return from exile?

3. To what religion do Sundiata's ancestors belong?

4. Where does Sassouma force Sologon to live after the king dies?

5. How long does Sundiata wander in the desert before settling in Djedeba?

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