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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. How old does Sassouma claim Dankaran was when he first began to collect baobob?
(a) Fifteen years old.
(b) Seven years old.
(c) Twelve years old.
(d) Ten years old.

2. What appears in the sky at the moment that Sagolon's baby is born?
(a) A rainbow.
(b) A storm cloud.
(c) A flash of lightning.
(d) A ray of sunshine.

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

4. From whom do Sundiata's ancestors seek advise at the opening of the story?
(a) God.
(b) Allah.
(c) Krishna.
(d) Buddha.

5. Which of the following groups of people claimed to know all along that Sundiata would rise up and walk?
(a) The sorcerers.
(b) The witches.
(c) The outcasts.
(d) The griots.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kanty's magical instrument alert him of?

2. Which of the following musical instruments is magical in Kanty's chamber?

3. Which of the following is NOT something that Fassyky discovers in Kanty's sorcery chamber?

4. In Kouyaty's story, of what material does Kanty sew his clothing?

5. Why is Sassouma jealous of Sogolon?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sassouma treat Sologon once Dankaran rises to power?

2. What does Fassyky find in Kanty's sorcery chambers?

3. How does Sundiata collect the army that fights with him in Tabon?

4. What happens when Mali wages war against Kanty?

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

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

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

8. How do the people of Mali react to the news that Sundiata has arrived to return the land to them?

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

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

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