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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Missy Anne do to help while Kunta is ill?
(a) She travels with her uncle as his assistant.
(b) She carries soup to the slave huts.
(c) She takes over some of the cooking.
(d) She reads from the Bible.

2. How much money does the master give George to bet on his own birds?
(a) Fifty cents
(b) Two dollars
(c) A quarter
(d) Twenty dollars

3. What is the fear spreading among the slaves and that Kunta and Fiddler try to keep to themselves?
(a) Fear of being sold
(b) Fear of being turned over to slavers
(c) Fear of the work that's soon to be added to their load
(d) Fear of being beaten

4. What is the job of Mingo?
(a) Tending the chickens
(b) Tending the pigs
(c) Working in the fields
(d) Driving the master

5. Why does Kunta feel uneasy about Missy Anne's teaching Kizzy the letters of the alphabet?
(a) He does not believe girls should be educated.
(b) He does not want Kizzy to play when she should be working.
(c) He says Kizzy is learning toubob things.
(d) He is afraid she will be punished for learning.

6. What is the name of the white man who is appointed overseer by Master Murray?
(a) John
(b) George
(c) Fred
(d) Thomas

7. What is the name of the master's niece of whom he is overly fond?
(a) Anne
(b) Belinda
(c) Janet
(d) Margaret

8. What is the sign of mourning recognized by the slaves?
(a) A black shroud over the window
(b) A dark armband worn by the slaves
(c) A straw hat hung on the door
(d) A bouquet of dried flowers on the door

9. What does the master leave each time he comes to Kizzy's bed?
(a) A coin
(b) A trinket
(c) Extra food
(d) Nothing

10. What had been the cause of the gardener's disability?
(a) He was beaten by a slave tracker.
(b) He was kicked by a horse.
(c) He was mauled by dogs.
(d) He fell from a loft in the barn.

11. What is the slave name of the man with the African name Boteng Bediako?
(a) Pompus
(b) Thomas
(c) Pompey
(d) Bud

12. What task are Tom and the others involved in when he tells about Lincoln's determination to end slavery?
(a) Shelling peas
(b) Working in the field
(c) Cracking hickory nuts
(d) Cleaning

13. What safeguard does Master John insist on with regard to his food after he learns about the black uprising in Richmond?
(a) He doesn't eat anything that Bell cooks.
(b) He has all his food brought from his own plantation.
(c) He watches Bell cook his food.
(d) He has Kizzy taste his food.

14. Why is Kizzy arrested?
(a) She read newspapers that belonged to the master.
(b) She wrote her name on the slave cabin.
(c) She stole paper.
(d) She wrote a note for Noah.

15. What is the news George and the master learn as they are preparing for the trip to New Orleans?
(a) That Uncle Pompey has died
(b) That the missus has died
(c) That Uncle Mingo has died
(d) That Virgil has died

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift does Kunta carve for Kizzy's second birthday?

2. What happens that Will Palmer has the opportunity to take over the lumber mill?

3. What is it that Tom Lea says changed his life?

4. Why does Kunta take the seasoned block of wood back to this hut?

5. What is the name of the daughter Will spoils?

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