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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times daily do the men stop for prayers?

2. How old are girls when they prepare to marry?

3. How do the people of Juffure learn that there are ferocious wrestlers on their way to the village?

4. How many strings does the instrument called a kora have?

5. Who has the responsibility for harvesting rice?

Short Essay Questions

1. With the many traders who stop at Juffure, why do some pass without stopping?

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

3. How does George come to know the identity of his father?

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

5. When George hears that there has been a threat of an uprising that resulted in an order for blacks to remain in their cabins at his plantation, what is his reaction and what does he eventually realize about that reaction?

6. What is the deal George and Master Lea agree on with regard to the freedom of the slaves?

7. What happens to George and his family as a result of Nat Turner's uprising and what is the end result with regard to the relationship between George and the master, Tom Lea?

8. What are some of the sounds Kunta misses from his home during the quiet times on the planation?

9. How does Will Palmer come to be so respected that he's offered the chance to buy the lumber mill?

10. How does it come about that Kunta realizes he is now thirty-four rains in age?

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