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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 81-90.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Binta's reaction to the news that Kunta will be taking Lamin on a trip?
(a) She begs Omoro to change his mind.
(b) She is happy and helps them pack food.
(c) She refuses to let him go.
(d) She gathers her other two sons and cries.

2. Who tells the slaves about the Manumission Act that allows masters to free their slaves?
(a) Fiddler
(b) Luther
(c) Bell
(d) Master William

3. What do the elders say is the advantage the toubob have over the tribes of Africans?
(a) That he has money to buy what he wants.
(b) That he lies and cheats naturally.
(c) That the tribes don't band together against him.
(d) That he comes in great numbers.

4. What job does George come to have as his permanent assignment?
(a) Working with the gamecocks
(b) Working as the houseboy for dinner parties
(c) He has no permanent job
(d) Working in the fields

5. What is the fate of a boy who fails the manhood training?
(a) He is treated always like a child and never marries.
(b) He is given another chance the following year.
(c) He is sent from the village.
(d) He is killed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the master leave each time he comes to Kizzy's bed?

2. How old is Kizzy's son when he begins working in the field?

3. How is Bell getting information about the uprising against England?

4. Why does Kunta hate the task of carrying Bell's basket of vegetables when she first begins asking him to do it?

5. What does Bell say about the reason the master has never been married?

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