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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question is NOT asked of the boys of Kunta's group upon their graduation?
(a) About the work of their ancestors
(b) A math problem about monkeys and ground nuts
(c) How to write their names in Arabic
(d) How to decipher the message of the village drum

2. How many days is Kunta held in the hold of the ship before being allowed on deck?
(a) Eight
(b) Seventy
(c) Fifteen
(d) Thirty-four

3. According to custom, when is Kunta to be weaned?
(a) When he can talk
(b) When he can walk
(c) At one year
(d) As soon as he can eat meat

4. What does a shrouded moon signify?
(a) That the following day will be bright.
(b) That there will be a storm.
(c) That Allah is preparing a reward.
(d) That Allah is displeased.

5. What do the men of the village give the "magic man" when he arrives at Jeffure?
(a) Prayers
(b) Nothing
(c) Gifts
(d) A beating

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

7. How is Kunta fed when he becomes too weak to eat for himself?
(a) Through a tube
(b) He isn't fed
(c) A woman chews the food and then forces it between his lips
(d) By pouring watered gruel down his throat

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

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

10. How many additional captives are with Kunta when he is first taken?
(a) Eleven
(b) Twenty
(c) He can't count them
(d) Eight

11. How do the women on the ship relay information to the men?
(a) They sing it while the men are on deck.
(b) The women share information while passing out food and water.
(c) They pass notes.
(d) They send messages along the lines of the captives.

12. Why do Kunta and his father gather the dust of their first footprints of their journey?
(a) There is no explanation.
(b) That dirt is blessed by Kunta's mother.
(c) To ensure their footprints would return to that place.
(d) To have a piece of home with them at all times.

13. Why does Kunta begin eating the horrible gruel that's put before him?
(a) He comes to accept that it's all that will be offered.
(b) He is hungry.
(c) To keep from being beaten for not eating.
(d) So that he will regain his strength.

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

15. What year is the baby who will be named Kunta born?
(a) 1850
(b) 1570
(c) 1887
(d) 1750

Short Answer Questions

1. What food is offered Kunta by the black slave?

2. Which of the following is not what Kunta knows of the manhood training older boys receive?

3. Why are battles begun late in the day?

4. What happens to one of Kunta's goats while he is supposed to be watching over them?

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

(see the answer keys)

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