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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 is the purpose of the tree trunk Kunta plans to chop down?
(a) The body of a drum
(b) A coffin
(c) A canoe
(d) Firewood

2. Why are battles begun late in the day?
(a) So that the battle could not go on too long.
(b) So that the attackers could use the setting sun to confuse the enemy.
(c) Because Allah is with the attackers at that time of day.
(d) So that the losing enemy could save face by retreating into the darkness.

3. What do Kunta's friends believe about the toubob?
(a) That they kill their captives as offerings to their gods.
(b) That they take captives to eat them.
(c) That they take captives to become their slaves.
(d) That they force their captives to walk until they die.

4. What is the sight that distracts everyone and allows the captive from the Wolof tribe to attack?
(a) Flying fish
(b) The dancing slaves
(c) Another ship
(d) A sudden storm on the horizon

5. What does Kunta know to be the meaning of the frequent howling of women in their huts?
(a) That a husband has taken a new wife
(b) That a child is being born
(c) That a loved one has died
(d) That the woman's family is hungry

Short Answer Questions

1. What item is bestowed on Kunta by Binta to mark his next step into manhood?

2. Who tells Kunta and the other children the story of Kunta's grandfather's prayers for the deliverance from the drought?

3. How do the people of Juffure learn that there are ferocious wrestlers on their way to the village?

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

5. Which of the following is not a rule Omoro tells Kunta will help keep him safe from being taken by the toubob?

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