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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. What is the name of Sassouma's son, who is set to inherit the king's throne?
(a) Dankaran.
(b) Ganoush.
(c) Vanatare.
(d) Bleinmay.

2. How do the warriors kill the animal that is terrorizing Do?
(a) With their stamina.
(b) With their spirituality.
(c) With their spears.
(d) With kindness.

3. How does the king react to the news that Sogolon has gone into labor?
(a) He is not home when the news breaks out.
(b) He is very nervous.
(c) He is completely apathetic.
(d) He is angry.

4. To which family member is young Djata most attached?
(a) His sister.
(b) His father.
(c) His brother.
(d) His mother.

5. From what land is the hunter from?
(a) Mongawi.
(b) Bedahere.
(c) Sangaran.
(d) Querics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the room respond when Fassyky plays Kanty's magical musical instrument?

2. How many names is the new baby given at his naming ceremony?

3. How does Fakoli react to Kanty's theft?

4. What does Sogolon beg to borrow from Sassouma?

5. Which of the following groups of people claimed to know all along that Sundiata would rise up and walk?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were Nana Triban and Sundiata reunited?

2. How do Soumaoro and Sundiata communicate before the battle of Krina?

3. How have Sundiata's friends been living since the fall of Mali?

4. Why does Sundiata go into exile?

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

6. How have Sundiata's childhood friends sought to help him in his return to Mali?

7. What happens when Sundiata visits a spiritual river and prays there?

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

9. What causes Fakoli to turn against his uncle, Kanty?

10. How do the Malian people feel about a heavenly God?

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