"Roots" Quiz, Part 1 - Kunta Kinte

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1. In what year was Kunta Kinte born? 1825 1850 1750 1725

2. What was the name of the village that Kunta lived in? Jufurre Juffere Juffure Jiffure

3. Who was Kunta's father? Answer: (One Word)

4. Who was Kunta's mother? Bante Banta Binta Binte

5. Kunta was an only child? Yes No

6. How did the villages communicate to each other? Talking drums Words written on a dried gourd Visiting wrestlers Talking spears

7. When Kunta and his father went on a trip for four days, whom did they visit? Old Mali Yaisa and Kairaba Janneh and Saloum The toubob

8. Kunta's uncles founded a village? Yes No

9. Kunta had three brothers. What were their names? Lamin, Suwadu, and Madi Lamin, Samuel, and Maddi LaMar, Suwali, and Maday Lamin, Suwadu and Maddi

10. Who was the village Alimamo? Kajali Dimba Kajali Domba Kajali Damba Kajali Demba

11. There are three groups of people in every village. The first group were those you could see -- walking around, eating, sleeping, and working. The second group are the ancestors, and the third group are ___________________? Those that are very old Those waiting to be born Those that are waiting to die Those being stolen as slaves

12. Where did the Kinte clan originally come from? Old Mali Madagascar Timbuktu Sierra Leone

13. When Kunta was near the end of the third kafo, what happened to him? He was taken away to manhood training He got married He was kidnapped and sold as a slave He became a wrestler

14. What are white men supposed to smell like? a wet dog a wet chicken a dead cat something a hyena rolls in

15. In what year was Kunta captured by slave traders? 1766 1775 1767 1777

16. What was the name of the ship that brought Kunta to Colonial America? Duke Legionaire Duke Ligionier Lord Legionaire Lord Ligonier

17. When Kunta was brought to Colonial America, who was he first bought by? Massa William Reynolds Massa Dr. William Waller Massa John Waller Massa John Reynolds

18. How many times did Kunta escape? 3 2 5 4

19. During Kunta's last escape effort, what happened to him? He was castrated He had half a foot cut off He had one leg amputated He had both feet cut off

20. What name was given to Kunta by his first massa? Tommy Toby George Keith

21. Who was Kunta's second massa? Dr. William Waller George Lea William Waller Thomas Jefferson

22. After becoming maimed, Kunta became his massa's what? houseman assistant cook buggy driver

23. Who was Kunta's best friend on the plantation? Doc Noah Samson Fiddler

24. Where was the plantation located (the one that Kunta lived in)? Charlotte , NC Serere County, NC Pennsylvania County, VA Spotsylvania County, VA

25. Kunta never got married? True False