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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 studying with the elder griots.
(b) By reading the written ancestry of the tribes.
(c) By spending time with the minds of the ancestors.
(d) By traveling from tribe to tribe and learning from tribe elders.

2. What does Kunta say about the color of "the missus?"
(a) That it makes her pitiful.
(b) That she is the same as a toad's underbelly
(c) That her coloring is like honey.
(d) That her coloring is beautiful.

3. Who has the responsibility for harvesting rice?
(a) The entire family
(b) The women
(c) The men
(d) The young boys

4. What is the gift Nyo Boto gives Kunta as he prepares to go on the journey with his father?
(a) A story
(b) A pouch
(c) A slingshot
(d) A charm

5. What is the meat on Kunta's plate when he revives after having been whipped?
(a) Chicken
(b) Deer
(c) He can't tell
(d) Pork

Short Answer Questions

1. What color does Binta dye her new cotton for the family's clothing?

2. What is the gift Omoro gives Kunta upon his graduation?

3. What is the fate of the young girl who jumps overboard?

4. What name is given to Kunta's baby brother?

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

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