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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 91-100.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the penalty Kunta is subjected to when he runs away yet again?
(a) He is whipped and beaten.
(b) Two toes are chopped off.
(c) He is refused food for a week.
(d) Half his foot is chopped off.

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

3. What is the effect of the harmattan on the people of Juffure?
(a) Game becomes scarce.
(b) They are cold all the time.
(c) They are unable to grow crops.
(d) Their tempers grow short.

4. After whom is Kunta named?
(a) His grandmother
(b) His father
(c) The midwife
(d) His grandfather

5. Who tells Kunta and the other children the story of Kunta's grandfather's prayers for the deliverance from the drought?
(a) No One
(b) Yasia
(c) Lamin
(d) Nyo Boto

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the young men of Kunta's age urged to attend council meetings?

2. What new job is Kunta given after the incident with the house girl's attempted escape?

3. What is the one thing Kunta believes he has kept despite having lost his African heritage?

4. What two items are used to stuff mattresses for the slaves?

5. What is the name of the brother born during Kunta's manhood training?

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