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

2. What are the men of the village talking about when Kunta finds himself gathered around their fire?
(a) The harvest festival
(b) The possibility that they have angered Allah
(c) The taking of slaves
(d) The need for more food

3. What happens to one of Kunta's goats while he is supposed to be watching over them?
(a) It is killed by a hyena.
(b) It dies giving birth.
(c) It wanders away and is lost.
(d) It is killed by a panther.

4. What are Kunta and the other captives given on their seventh morning on land?
(a) Medicine
(b) A prayer mat
(c) Clothes
(d) Meat

5. What does Fiddler do to make his fingers nimble again?
(a) Squeezes a stick
(b) Plaits cornhusks
(c) Plays his fiddle
(d) Rubs them with oil

Short Answer Questions

1. What new job is Kunta given after the incident with the house girl's attempted escape?

2. What is the disease that runs quickly through the hold of the ship, claiming many lives?

3. Which of the following is not a pastime of Kunta and his friends?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Kunta's name revealed?

2. What is it that Bell tells Kunta about his master's reaction when Kunta's foot was severed?

3. What are Kunta's thoughts when he sees the toubob women?

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

5. How does the relationship between Kunta and Lamin begin to develop as Kunta ages?

6. What does Kunta believe to have been the fatal flaw in his escape attempt?

7. What does Bell say is the master's attitude about the "yellow" slaves?

8. What does Kunta remember that his father had told him about being willing to give and accept?

9. How does George get his freedom papers?

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

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