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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Exile.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Sassouma jealous of Sogolon?
(a) Because she is more beautiful.
(b) Because the villagers love her.
(c) Because she comes from a wealthier family.
(d) Because she is pregnant with the king's child.

2. What physical deformity does the hunter tell the king his future wife should have?
(a) She should be a humpback.
(b) She should be a dwarf.
(c) She should be a mute.
(d) She should be a giant.

3. What is the name of Sassouma's son, who is set to inherit the king's throne?
(a) Bleinmay.
(b) Ganoush.
(c) Dankaran.
(d) Vanatare.

4. Who is Fran Kamara?
(a) Sundiata's griot.
(b) Sundiata's arch enemy.
(c) Sundiata's brother.
(d) Sundiata's childhood friend.

5. Who is named heir to the throne once the king dies?
(a) Sundiata.
(b) Manding Bory.
(c) Djeli Mamoudou Kouyate.
(d) Dankaran.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is young Djata when the reader first sees him again after his birth?

2. Out of what metal does Sundiata ask the blacksmiths to make his walking rod?

3. Who falls ill, causing king Soumaba to relocate the family to a river country?

4. Why does the king fear marrying Sogolon?

5. Where do Sundiata's relatives travel for advise at the opening of the story?

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