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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 41-50.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Kunta told that a griot learns his skill?
(a) By traveling from tribe to tribe and learning from tribe elders.
(b) By spending time with the minds of the ancestors.
(c) By studying with the elder griots.
(d) By reading the written ancestry of the tribes.

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

3. What song are the blacks in the field singing as Kunta travels with his new owner?
(a) He cannot understand the words.
(b) Through the Valley
(c) Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
(d) An African death song

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

5. What is it that causes Lamin to scream as he and Kunta travel?
(a) An old man
(b) An elephant
(c) A thorn
(d) A panther

Short Answer Questions

1. What year is the baby who will be named Kunta born?

2. What does Kunta steal in the hope that it might help him escape?

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

4. What is Kunta given to help him begin moving about?

5. Why does Kunta begin eating the horrible gruel that's put before him?

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