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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not a pastime of Kunta and his friends?
(a) Racing scarab dung beetles
(b) Running with the dogs of the village
(c) Digging up termite mounds
(d) Chasing squirrels

2. What do Kunta and Lamin have when they return to Juffure?
(a) A collection of elephant tusks
(b) Seeds for new crops
(c) Enough gold to buy a cow
(d) A panther hide

3. What does Omoro say about those who become slaves during a battle against an enemy?
(a) That those men agreed to be slaves to save their families.
(b) That those men weren't brave enough to die.
(c) That those men were honored to serve the men who defeated them.
(d) That those men are embittered and will eventually fight again.

4. How old are girls when they prepare to marry?
(a) Thirty rains or older
(b) Twenty rains or younger
(c) Fourteen rains or younger
(d) Nineteen rains or older

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kunta know to be the meaning of the frequent howling of women in their huts?

2. How many strings does the instrument called a kora have?

3. What is the gift Nyo Boto gives Kunta as he prepares to go on the journey with his father?

4. Why do the people of Kunta's village protect owls?

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

(see the answer key)

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