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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. Where do Sundiata's relatives travel for advise at the opening of the story?
(a) To Mecca.
(b) To the river.
(c) To the palace.
(d) To Nirvana.

2. Who is Fran Kamara?
(a) Sundiata's brother.
(b) Sundiata's arch enemy.
(c) Sundiata's childhood friend.
(d) Sundiata's griot.

3. What does Kanty steal from Fakoli?
(a) His crops.
(b) His money.
(c) His wife.
(d) His land.

4. What object does the hunter use to tell the king's fortune?
(a) Tarot cards.
(b) Tea leaves.
(c) Bones.
(d) Seashells.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following characters is the griot of Sundiata's story?

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

4. What gift did ancient African kings believe griots could give them?

5. What appears in the sky at the moment that Sagolon's baby is born?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the hunter gives the king his fortune, what does he say?

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

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

4. What is the reaction when Sogolon goes into labor?

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

6. What happens when Mali wages war against Kanty?

7. How well did Sundiata's ancestors know the land they were raised in, and how can you tell?

8. How did Sundiata come to inherit the land of Mema?

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?

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