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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the children of Kunta's village try to catch the flakes of ashes?
(a) They believe each fleck of ash captured brings a day of plenty.
(b) It's just a game.
(c) They are trying to keep the fields from catching fire.
(d) They believe them to be good luck.

2. Why does Kunta hate the task of carrying Bell's basket of vegetables when she first begins asking him to do it?
(a) The women in Africa carry their own.
(b) It interrupts his own work.
(c) He fears going into the big house.
(d) He doesn't want to interact with anyone.

3. What new job is Kunta given after the incident with the house girl's attempted escape?
(a) To learn to clean inside
(b) To care for the horses of visitors
(c) To learn to read
(d) To drive the master

4. What color does Binta dye her new cotton for the family's clothing?
(a) No color
(b) Brown
(c) Green
(d) Blue

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

6. How is Kunta told that a griot learns his skill?
(a) By studying with the elder griots.
(b) By traveling from tribe to tribe and learning from tribe elders.
(c) By spending time with the minds of the ancestors.
(d) By reading the written ancestry of the tribes.

7. Why are the young men of Kunta's age urged to attend council meetings?
(a) To help make decisions
(b) To be heard
(c) To broaden their knowledge
(d) To learn the troubles of the tribe

8. What is the message Kunta believes has come to him from Allah after he is on land?
(a) That the wise man learns from the animals.
(b) That he is to be returned to his family.
(c) That he will survive if he continues to have faith.
(d) That his life is in the hands of Allah.

9. 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 sent to Allah.
(b) That they are being prepared for sale.
(c) That they are to be eaten.
(d) That they are to be killed.

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

11. How many times daily do the men stop for prayers?
(a) Five
(b) Two
(c) One
(d) There is no set number

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

13. How does Luther aid in the attempted escape of a house girl?
(a) Draws her a map
(b) Gives her food
(c) Throws the hounds off her scent
(d) Hides her in the barn

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What item is bestowed on Kunta by Binta to mark his next step into manhood?

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

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

5. What does Kunta learn is the purpose of the trip being taken by the three young men who arrive one day at his village?

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