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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who looks after Kunta and the other young children of the tribe?
(a) The midwives
(b) The mothers
(c) The grandmothers
(d) The older sisters

2. Why do the people of Kunta's village protect owls?
(a) They are prohibited by the religion.
(b) They are elusive.
(c) The spirits of ancestors reside in owls.
(d) They are protected by Allah.

3. What is the new name given to Kunta?
(a) Samson
(b) Toby
(c) Thomas
(d) Buck

4. Which of the following is not a rule Omoro tells Kunta will help keep him safe from being taken by the toubob?
(a) Never be alone
(b) Stay away from high bushes and weeds
(c) Never be without a weapon
(d) Never be out at night

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

6. What does Kunta know to be the meaning of the frequent howling of women in their huts?
(a) That the woman's family is hungry
(b) That a child is being born
(c) That a loved one has died
(d) That a husband has taken a new wife

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

8. What is the name of the village where Kunta lives?
(a) Jefferson
(b) Omoro
(c) Juffure
(d) Mandinka

9. What is the name of the brother born during Kunta's manhood training?
(a) Sundiata
(b) Suwadu
(c) Madi
(d) Lamin

10. What does Kunta believe to be the reason for the scrubbing, medicating and shaving just after land is sighted?
(a) That they are to be eaten.
(b) That they are to be killed.
(c) That they are being prepared for sale.
(d) That they are to be sent to Allah.

11. What is Kunta's punishment upon his capture?
(a) He is branded again.
(b) He is bitten by the dogs.
(c) He is beaten with clubs.
(d) He is whipped.

12. What is the disease that runs quickly through the hold of the ship, claiming many lives?
(a) Infection
(b) The flux
(c) The flu
(d) Scurvy

13. 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 hears the slaves talking about it.
(d) He senses it from the direction they are walking.

14. What is the fate of a boy who fails the manhood training?
(a) He is treated always like a child and never marries.
(b) He is killed.
(c) He is given another chance the following year.
(d) He is sent from the village.

15. What is the instrument Kunta hears being played by an African slave owned by the father of Kunta's master?
(a) A drum
(b) A qua-qua
(c) A harp
(d) A bongo

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the drawing on the hide displayed by Janneh?

3. What is the rule Kunta must follow when it is time to eat?

4. What is the significance of a wrestler picking up the headpiece of a village girl?

5. What is the gift Nyo Boto gives Kunta as he prepares to go on the journey with his father?

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