Roots Quizzes

Roots Quiz 1

1 Who is Kunta's mother?
Yaisa Kinte

Nyo Boto

Kajali Demba

Binta Kinte
2 Who is Kunta's father?
Omoro Kinte

Janneh Kinte

Saloum Kinte

Brima Cesay
3 How long does Kunta's father take to pick his name?
5 days

7 days

1 month

1 day
4 What are age-groups called in Juffure?
Janneh

Kinte

Toure

Kafo
5 What is the name of Kunta's second brother?
Suwadu

Lamin

Omoro

Madi
6 Why are Saloum and Janneh famous?
They are great journeymen

They have many wives

They escaped slavers

They are good goldsmiths
7 What is the name of John Waller's daughter and Kizzy's playmate?
Miss Margaret

Miss Ashley

Missy Sally

Missy Anne
8 How old is Kunta when he is captured?
20

17

15

10
9 What does Kunta bring back for his mother on his trip with Lamin?
Peacock feathers

A slave

Gold

Exotic fruit
10 What is the name of the ship that Kunta is on?
Lord Montaigne

The Colony

The African

Lord Ligonier
11 Who is Kunta's first master?
William Waller

John Waller

Tom Lea

Mr. Murray
12 How old is Kizzy when she is sold?
16

10

15

20
13 Who is Kunta's wife?
Bell

Sue

Rose

Lady
14 What does Kunta call the river near his home?
Ko

The Nile

Kamby Bolongo

Kamby Gamby
15 What does Kunta call a fiddle?
To

Nogo

Po

Ko
16 What is Kunta's first job at William Waller's?
Buggy driver

Fiddler

Gardener

Field hand
17 What is Kunta's job promotion for Master Waller?
Field hand

Buggy Driver

House hand

Horse trainer
18 Where is Master Waller's plantation?
Harrisburg County, Pennsylvania

Spotsylvania County, Virginia

Alamance County, North Carolina

Annpolis
19 What is Kunta's punishment when he runs away a 4th time?
Having half his foot cut off

Being whipped until he passes out

Having his testicles cut off

Being sold down south
20 How are Kunta's first and second masters related?
Uncle and nephew

They are brothers

Former shipmates

Father and son
21 How many children do Kunta and Bell have?
1

3

0

2
22 What is the women's primary occupation in Juffure?
Sewing textiles

rice farming

Raising goats

Guarding the village
23 Who is Kunta's grandmother?
Yaisa

Binta

Nyo Boto

Kintah
24 What tribe does Kunta belong to?
Wolof

Serere

Mandinka

Ibo
25 What religion is Kunta raised in?
Animism

Jewish

Muslim

Christian

Captain Thomas Davies is the captain of the slave ship.

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