"Roots" Quiz, Part 1 - Kunta Kinte

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

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 spears Visiting wrestlers Talking drums Words written on a dried gourd

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 Maddi LaMar, Suwali, and Maday Lamin, Suwadu, and Madi Lamin, Samuel, and Maddi

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

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 waiting to be born Those that are waiting to die Those that are very old Those being stolen as slaves

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

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

14. What are white men supposed to smell like? a wet chicken a dead cat a wet dog 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? Lord Ligonier Lord Legionaire Duke Legionaire Duke Ligionier

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

25. Kunta never got married? True False