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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 does Kunta know he and his mates are approaching a freshly cut bamboo grove?
(a) He sees it.
(b) He smells it through his hood.
(c) He senses it from the direction they are walking.
(d) He hears the slaves talking about it.

2. Who is the woman who tends Kunta after his failed escape attempt?
(a) Brenda
(b) Binta
(c) Bando
(d) Bell

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

4. 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

5. What does Kunta discover is the name of the black man who gives him the new name?
(a) Buck
(b) Thomas
(c) Samson
(d) Toby

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the new name given to Kunta?

2. Where does Kunta plan to go on his next trip?

3. What does Kunta say about the color of "the missus?"

4. What does Kunta vow that he will do if he ever again returns to his village?

5. What does Kunta believe to be the reason for the scrubbing, medicating and shaving just after land is sighted?

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