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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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) He doesn't want to interact with anyone.
(c) It interrupts his own work.
(d) He fears going into the big house.

3. What does Kunta learn is the reason that Fiddler is no longer playing for the slaves?
(a) He is planning to leave the plantation.
(b) He is angry at Kunta.
(c) He is paid to play for the whites and is worn out.
(d) He is getting too old to play well.

4. Why is Kunta told he should put away the African charm he wears?
(a) It isn't real and won't help his cause.
(b) It frightens the whites and puts them all in danger.
(c) It makes the whites angry and all the blacks suffer for that anger.
(d) It makes the whites mad and frightens the blacks.

5. What is Binta's reaction to the news that Kunta will be taking Lamin on a trip?
(a) She refuses to let him go.
(b) She is happy and helps them pack food.
(c) She begs Omoro to change his mind.
(d) She gathers her other two sons and cries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the gift Omoro gives Kunta upon his graduation?

2. What is Kunta given to help him begin moving about?

3. Where is Kunta to live when he returns to the village after his manhood training?

4. What is the fate of the young girl who jumps overboard?

5. How many times do the mourning women walk around Kunta's grandmother when she dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of the fudano leaves used by the women of the village?

2. What is the skill Bell has that she keeps hidden from Kunta and why?

3. What are the circumstances surrounding Tom's first encounter with the man who would become the plantation overseer?

4. Why does Fiddler tell Kunta he's a "half-free nigger?"

5. What lesson is given the boys regarding emotions?

6. What is the story about Kunta's grandfather's role in Kunta's people?

7. What is Uncle Mingo's reaction when the master tells them about the uprising and threatens them if they act as if they might revolt?

8. How do the rocks with which Kunta keeps track of his age become an issue with the master?

9. How are the boys of Kunta's village taken away for their manhood training?

10. How do Kunta's friends act upon his return?

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