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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does Fakoli react to Kanty's theft?
(a) He ignores him.
(b) He kills him.
(c) He curses him.
(d) He forgives him.

4. Griots are considered "vessels of _____ ."
(a) Eternity.
(b) The future.
(c) The present.
(d) The past.

5. What does the king give to his subjects in celebration for the birth of the new child?
(a) Ammunition.
(b) Cigars.
(c) Food.
(d) Wine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sassouma plot to do to Sogolon?

2. How does Kanty treat men who disagree with him?

3. How is Kanty related to Fakoli?

4. From what land is the hunter from?

5. Which of the following adjectives best describes Sogolon?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the king respond to the hunter who makes him an offering?

2. When Sundiata travels to Niani, what differences does he note in the land now that he has come to power?

3. How does Sogolon eventually become the king's favorite wife?

4. How are the Malian merchants discovered in Mema, and what is the reaction to their arrival?

5. What confession does Nana Triban make to Sundiata when they are reunited?

6. What changes does Sundiata make in the African nation after he is appointed emperor?

7. Who is Sassouma, and how does she react to Sogolon?

8. Why does Sassouma meet with the sorcerers in the village after Sogolon's arrival?

9. How does Sundiata honor his memory of the old buffalo woman?

10. What happens when Sundiata outwits Konkon, the king of Djedeba?

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