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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fiddler do to make his fingers nimble again?

2. What do Kunta and Lamin have when they return to Juffure?

3. How does Luther aid in the attempted escape of a house girl?

4. Why does the old gardener tell Kunta their master doesn't have an overseer?

5. Why are battles begun late in the day?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What is it that divides and delays an uprising of the captives aboard the ship?

4. What is George's idea about freedom and how does he expect Tom to help?

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

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

7. Describe the reactions of the mothers when the young men in training slip into their storehouses to steal food?

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

9. What is the dispute over fruit that is brought to the council and what is the resolution?

10. What is Kunta's reaction when he sees the toubob unwrap his foot for the first time after the amputation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the immediate reaction of Tom and the family when they learn that of the Emancipation Proclamation? How does it change over time, and what is the end result?

Essay Topic 2

What is the traditional story told to the babies and children born of the descendants of Kunta? Why does Will Palmer resent this tradition?

Essay Topic 3

How do the attitudes of the blacks change when they are freed? Compare that to the attitudes of the whites over the following years.

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