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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 the purpose of the turtle and the fish in the village well?
(a) They are left there as a prank by the younger boys
(b) To provide food
(c) To eat insects
(d) There is no purpose

2. Where is Kunta to live when he returns to the village after his manhood training?
(a) In his own hut
(b) In the hut with his father
(c) In the hut of his mother
(d) In a hut with other young men of his age

3. What is the name of the brother born during Kunta's manhood training?
(a) Madi
(b) Suwadu
(c) Sundiata
(d) Lamin

4. Why is Kunta told he should put away the African charm he wears?
(a) It makes the whites mad and frightens the blacks.
(b) It isn't real and won't help his cause.
(c) It makes the whites angry and all the blacks suffer for that anger.
(d) It frightens the whites and puts them all in danger.

5. What is it that the slave named Noah tells Kunta that he plans to do?
(a) Ask Kizzy to marry him
(b) Try to make money like Fiddler
(c) Run away
(d) Be a driver like Kunta

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the instrument Kunta hears being played by an African slave owned by the father of Kunta's master?

2. What does Mingo say was the nickname given to the girl he slipped off to see as a young man?

3. Why does Kunta remain away from the Fiddler's house during Christmas?

4. What do the elders say is the advantage the toubob have over the tribes of Africans?

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

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