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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the city where Sundiata meets with the nations to discuss their empire?
(a) Ma-la.
(b) Ka-ba.
(c) Fi-un.
(d) Be-do.

2. What does Sundiata plan to do when he finds Dankaran?
(a) Imprison him.
(b) Kill him.
(c) Exile him.
(d) Reconcile with him.

3. What did Siara Kouman Konaty send to Sundiata in order to help him in his battle agains Soumaoro?
(a) Money.
(b) Weapons.
(c) Food.
(d) Troops.

4. What does Sundiata promise to do to Mali when he returns?
(a) Keep it exactly as he remembers it.
(b) Give it back to the Malian people.
(c) Build it up better than it has ever been.
(d) Return it to its splendor.

5. At the party, what history does Fassyky speak about to encourage the troops?
(a) The history of famine.
(b) The history of Mali.
(c) The history of war.
(d) The history of greatness.

6. Who steals the feather for Sundiata's bow and arrow?
(a) Nana Tripon.
(b) Fran.
(c) Fassyky.
(d) Sundiata.

7. Why did the kings of Mali respect Sundiata when he was a boy?
(a) Because he could name all his relatives.
(b) Because he could name every king that ever ruled Mali.
(c) Because he could name every constallation in the sky.
(d) Because he could name every flower that grew in Mali.

8. Which character in the text does Fassyky compare to the land where he spent his chilldood?
(a) Dankaran.
(b) Sundiata.
(c) Soumaoro.
(d) Manding Bory.

9. What part of Sundiata's body begins to glow after he drinks from a magical stream of water?
(a) His eyes.
(b) His hair.
(c) His breath.
(d) His blood.

10. Which of the following adjectives best describes the life Sundiata's friends have led since the fall of Mali?
(a) Stagnant.
(b) Dangerous.
(c) Fearful.
(d) Productive.

11. Who is Nana Triban?
(a) Sundiata's sister.
(b) Sundiata's wife.
(c) Sundiata's cousin.
(d) Sundiata's daughter.

12. How do the merchants address Sundiata?
(a) As their master.
(b) As their lord.
(c) As their savior.
(d) As their king.

13. How do Sundiata's allies treat his prisoners of war at the celebration?
(a) They treat the prisoners with respect.
(b) They mock the prisoners.
(c) They kill the prisoners.
(d) They treat the prisoners as brothers.

14. What does the griot claim is the only think left of Sundiata's reign in present-day Mali?
(a) The skies.
(b) The rivers.
(c) The trees.
(d) The flowers.

15. Where does Sundiata want to construct his palace now that he is in power?
(a) In Sosso.
(b) In Mema.
(c) In Ka-ba.
(d) In Niani.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom do Sundiata's soldiers tell their stories of battle in the hopes that they will be made into legends?

2. Whose troops does Soumaoro first concentrate on defeating in the battle?

3. In the battles between Sundiata and Soumaoro's men, who is usually victorious?

4. Who first spots the Malian merchants in Mema?

5. Which of the following is NOT part of the celebration of nations that ensues after Sundiata is named emperor?

(see the answer keys)

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