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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following characters is described as having eyes on the back of his head?
(a) Djeli Mamoudou Kouyate.
(b) Siara Kouman Konaty.
(c) Manding Dory.
(d) Mansa Traory.

2. Where does Sundiata want to bury Sogolon?
(a) In Mali.
(b) In Ghana.
(c) In the ocean.
(d) In Mema.

3. Who does Fassyky claim should pay the price for Soumaoro's evils?
(a) Soumaoro's son.
(b) The entire nation.
(c) The people of Sosso.
(d) Only Soumaoro.

4. What city is Sundiata traveling toward in order to battle with Soumaoro?
(a) Kabon.
(b) Mabon.
(c) Tabon.
(d) Labon.

5. Who is Nana Triban?
(a) Sundiata's wife.
(b) Sundiata's sister.
(c) Sundiata's cousin.
(d) Sundiata's daughter.

6. Who steals the feather for Sundiata's bow and arrow?
(a) Sundiata.
(b) Nana Tripon.
(c) Fran.
(d) Fassyky.

7. What is Fassyky's first name?
(a) Talla.
(b) Halla.
(c) Lalla.
(d) Balla.

8. Whose troops does Soumaoro first concentrate on defeating in the battle?
(a) His brother's.
(b) His nephew's.
(c) Sundiata's.
(d) His son's.

9. When Soumaoro took over power of Mali, what did he deprive the people of?
(a) Safety.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Water.
(d) Food.

10. How do the merchants address Sundiata?
(a) As their savior.
(b) As their lord.
(c) As their king.
(d) As their master.

11. Which way does the wind blow, signaling to Sundiata that it is time to return home?
(a) North.
(b) West.
(c) South.
(d) East.

12. What does Sundiata plan to do when he finds Dankaran?
(a) Imprison him.
(b) Kill him.
(c) Exile him.
(d) Reconcile with him.

13. Which old friend does Sundiata stop to pick up before meeting with Soumaoro?
(a) Fassyke.
(b) Fran.
(c) Kolonkon.
(d) Manding Bory.

14. Which of the following is NOT part of the celebration of nations that ensues after Sundiata is named emperor?
(a) Dance.
(b) Songs.
(c) Poetry.
(d) A feasat.

15. How did Nana Triban gain access into Soumaoro's sorcery chambers?
(a) She used the magic xylophone.
(b) She seduced him.
(c) She climbed in through the window.
(d) She went in disguise.

Short Answer Questions

1. What topic does Sundiata find himself does Sundiata find himself discussing with Nana Triban upon returning to Mali?

2. Who first spots the Malian merchants in Mema?

3. Where does Siara Kouman Konaty live?

4. Which of the following adjectives best describes Sogolon's physical condition when her children are full-grown?

5. What does the griot claim is the only think left of Sundiata's reign in present-day Mali?

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