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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 31-40.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many times daily do the men stop for prayers?
(a) Five
(b) One
(c) There is no set number
(d) Two

3. What does Kunta believe to be the reason for the scrubbing, medicating and shaving just after land is sighted?
(a) That they are to be sent to Allah.
(b) That they are being prepared for sale.
(c) That they are to be killed.
(d) That they are to be eaten.

4. What question is NOT asked of the boys of Kunta's group upon their graduation?
(a) How to decipher the message of the village drum
(b) About the work of their ancestors
(c) A math problem about monkeys and ground nuts
(d) How to write their names in Arabic

5. Why do the children of Kunta's village try to catch the flakes of ashes?
(a) It's just a game.
(b) They believe each fleck of ash captured brings a day of plenty.
(c) They are trying to keep the fields from catching fire.
(d) They believe them to be good luck.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the disease that runs quickly through the hold of the ship, claiming many lives?

2. Who looks after Kunta and the other young children of the tribe?

3. What is the significance of a wrestler picking up the headpiece of a village girl?

4. How is Kunta told that a griot learns his skill?

5. What does Kunta know to be the truth when he feels the ship begin to move?

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