Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What animal is terrorizing the land of Do?
(a) A buffalo.
(b) A lion.
(c) A monkey.
(d) A warthog.
2. What skill does Fassyky teach Sundiata to do?
(a) Hunt.
(b) Walk.
(c) Swim.
(d) Fish.
3. Who urges Dankaran to hate his brothers?
(a) Sassouma.
(b) Fassyky.
(c) Sogolon.
(d) Manding Bory.
4. How does the king react to the news that Sogolon has given birth to an ugly daughter?
(a) He weeps next to his wife.
(b) He calls for the sorcerers to cleanse Sogolon's womb.
(c) He bans her from the palace.
(d) He loves his new daughter as he does his sons.
5. Who do the Malian people believe can become king one day?
(a) The least expected child.
(b) The proper heir of the king.
(c) The one most worthy.
(d) Any one.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following types of poems is the genre which "Sundiata" belongs to?
2. In which African country does this story take place?
3. How long does Sundiata wander in the desert before settling in Djedeba?
4. How do the warriors kill the animal that is terrorizing Do?
5. Who does Sogolon worry might kill Manding Bory?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Sassouma, and how does she react to Sogolon?
2. What happens when the leaders of the twelve nations meet with Sundiata in Ka-ba?
3. How is Djata described when the audiences sees him again at the age of three?
4. How does the reader receive the information about Sundiata's friends and their lives after the fall of Mali?
5. How does Sogolon eventually become the king's favorite wife?
6. How does Sundiata treat the people of Sosso when he arrives there?
7. What one complaint does the griot have at the close of the book about modern day audiences in response to Sundiata's story?
8. How does Kanty react when he finds that Fassyky has broken in to his chambers?
9. How does Sundiata collect the army that fights with him in Tabon?
10. What does Dankaran do that causes Sundiata to fly into a rage?
|
This section contains 778 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
