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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 a shrouded moon signify?
2. What hope does Kunta hold even when he realizes he can never return to Juffure?
3. What new job is Kunta given after the incident with the house girl's attempted escape?
4. Where is Kunta to live when he returns to the village after his manhood training?
5. What is the effect of the harmattan on the people of Juffure?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are some of the things of Africa Kunta sees in his surroundings?
2. 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?
3. What is the skill Bell has that she keeps hidden from Kunta and why?
4. What is the attitude of the other blacks Kunta reaches the plantation that will be his new home and what does Kunta think of it?
5. How does Will Palmer come to be so respected that he's offered the chance to buy the lumber mill?
6. Why does Fiddler tell Kunta he's a "half-free nigger?"
7. What does Bell say is the master's attitude about the "yellow" slaves?
8. What are Kunta's thoughts when he sees the toubob women?
9. What is the dream Belle has during her pregnancy?
10. What is it that Bell tells Kunta about his master's reaction when Kunta's foot was severed?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What does Kunta observe about the wealthy whites and the poor whites who attend church together at Waller Meetinghouse? Compare that to Kunta's thoughts on the separation of blacks and whites.
Essay Topic 2
Compare the first plantation where Kunta is held with the second. What does he say is the same at the two?
Essay Topic 3
When is the first time Kunta comes to feel the emotions of his people as they dance around a ceremonial fire? What happens to him at this ceremony? Why does it happen at this time? How does it affect him?
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