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"Roots" Quiz, Part 1 - Kunta Kinte

This quiz is about Alex Haley's "Roots." The book is considered "faction," which is a cross between fact and fiction. This quiz is based soley on the book, not the mini-series. I hope this quiz is not too hard. All of the answers are found in the book.

A multiple-choice quiz by DakotaNorth. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
DakotaNorth

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
41,573

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
16 / 25

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Awards
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Question 1 of 25

1. In what year was Kunta Kinte born? Hint

1750

1725

1850

1825

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Question 2 of 25

2. What was the name of the village that Kunta lived in? Hint

Jufurre

Juffere

Juffure

Jiffure

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Question 3 of 25

3. Who was Kunta's father?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 4 of 25

4. Who was Kunta's mother? Hint

Banta

Bante

Binte

Binta

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Question 5 of 25

5. Kunta was an only child?

Yes

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Question 6 of 25

6. How did the villages communicate to each other? Hint

Visiting wrestlers

Talking spears

Words written on a dried gourd

Talking drums

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Question 7 of 25

7. When Kunta and his father went on a trip for four days, whom did they visit? Hint

Yaisa and Kairaba

Janneh and Saloum

The toubob

Old Mali

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Question 8 of 25

8. Kunta's uncles founded a village?

Yes

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Question 9 of 25

9. Kunta had three brothers. What were their names? Hint

Lamin, Suwadu, and Madi

Lamin, Samuel, and Maddi

LaMar, Suwali, and Maday

Lamin, Suwadu and Maddi

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Question 10 of 25

10. Who was the village Alimamo? Hint

Kajali Domba

Kajali Dimba

Kajali Demba

Kajali Damba

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 ___________________? Hint

Those that are very old

Those being stolen as slaves

Those that are waiting to die

Those waiting to be born

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Question 12 of 25

12. Where did the Kinte clan originally come from? Hint

Timbuktu

Old Mali

Madagascar

Sierra Leone

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Question 13 of 25

13. When Kunta was near the end of the third kafo, what happened to him? Hint

He was kidnapped and sold as a slave

He became a wrestler

He got married

He was taken away to manhood training

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Question 14 of 25

14. What are white men supposed to smell like? Hint

a wet dog

a wet chicken

a dead cat

something a hyena rolls in

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Question 15 of 25

15. In what year was Kunta captured by slave traders? Hint

1775

1766

1777

1767

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Question 16 of 25

16. What was the name of the ship that brought Kunta to Colonial America? Hint

Duke Legionaire

Lord Ligonier

Lord Legionaire

Duke Ligionier

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Question 17 of 25

17. When Kunta was brought to Colonial America, who was he first bought by? Hint

Massa John Waller

Massa John Reynolds

Massa Dr. William Waller

Massa William Reynolds

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Question 18 of 25

18. How many times did Kunta escape? Hint

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Question 19 of 25

19. During Kunta's last escape effort, what happened to him? Hint

He had both feet cut off

He was castrated

He had half a foot cut off

He had one leg amputated

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Question 20 of 25

20. What name was given to Kunta by his first massa? Hint

Tommy

Keith

George

Toby

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Question 21 of 25

21. Who was Kunta's second massa? Hint

Thomas Jefferson

William Waller

Dr. William Waller

George Lea

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Question 22 of 25

22. After becoming maimed, Kunta became his massa's what? Hint

assistant

houseman

buggy driver

cook

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Question 23 of 25

23. Who was Kunta's best friend on the plantation? Hint

Fiddler

Samson

Doc

Noah

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Question 24 of 25

24. Where was the plantation located (the one that Kunta lived in)? Hint

Charlotte , NC

Spotsylvania County, VA

Pennsylvania County, VA

Serere County, NC

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Question 25 of 25

25. Kunta never got married?

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In what year was Kunta Kinte born?

Answer: 1750

Kunta Kinte was born in 1750, in Juffure Village.

2. What was the name of the village that Kunta lived in?

Answer: Juffure

Kunta lived in Juffure Village. The village is four days upriver from the Gambia, West Africa.

3. Who was Kunta's father?

Answer: Omoro

Omoro Kinte was Kunta's father. As the father, it was his right to name the baby. Mothers had no right in the naming of babies.

4. Who was Kunta's mother?

Answer: Binta

Binta was Kunta's mother. Her maiden name was Kebba. She gave Omoro four sons.

5. Kunta was an only child?

Answer: No

Kunta was the oldest of four children.

6. How did the villages communicate to each other?

Answer: Talking drums

The villages communicated by way of the Tan-Tang drum, which is also called the talking drum.

7. When Kunta and his father went on a trip for four days, whom did they visit?

Answer: Janneh and Saloum

Kunta and his father visited Janneh and Saloum, Omoro's brothers. They were the founders of the village Kinte-Kundah Janneh Ya. Which is one of the Gambia's oldest villages.

8. Kunta's uncles founded a village?

Answer: Yes

Yes, his uncles founded a village. The village was called Kinte-Kundah Janneh Ya.

9. Kunta had three brothers. What were their names?

Answer: Lamin, Suwadu, and Madi

Lamin, Suwadu, and Madi are the names of Kunta's brothers. In the oral history of the Kinte clan, these four sons were well known because their grandfather had saved the village.

10. Who was the village Alimamo?

Answer: Kajali Demba

Kajali Demba was the village Alimamo. It was his responsibility to call the men for the five daily prayers.

Answer: Those waiting to be born

Omoro told this to Kunta when his grandmother, Yaisa, died.

12. Where did the Kinte clan originally come from?

Answer: Old Mali

Kairaba Kunta Kinte was the name of Kunta's grandfather.He was a Marabout, a holy man. He traveled first to Pakali N'Ding, then went on to Juffure where he saved the village from a drought.

13. When Kunta was near the end of the third kafo, what happened to him?

Answer: He was taken away to manhood training

When Kunta was at the end of the third kafo, he was taken away to the manhood training camp.

14. What are white men supposed to smell like?

Answer: a wet chicken

Omoro told Kunta and Lamin that white men have a smell like a wet chicken.

15. In what year was Kunta captured by slave traders?

Answer: 1767

In 1767, Kunta was captured by slave traders. He was 17 rains (years) old. Kunta went to the woods to find a piece of wood to make a drum when the slave traders caught him.

16. What was the name of the ship that brought Kunta to Colonial America?

Answer: Lord Ligonier

The Lord Ligonier brought Kunta to Colonial America. On July 5, 1767, the Ligonier had sailed from the Gambia and was headed to Annapolis, Maryland.

17. When Kunta was brought to Colonial America, who was he first bought by?

Answer: Massa John Waller

Massa John Waller first bought Kunta. He changed his name to Toby. Everytime another slave called him by Toby, he strenuously rebuffed them claiming his name was Kinte.

18. How many times did Kunta escape?

Answer: 4

During the recapture of Kunta on the fourth time, he was caught by two white professional slave catchers. They gave him the choice of either being castrated or having half a foot cut off. Luckily for Alex Haley, Kunta chose his foot.

19. During Kunta's last escape effort, what happened to him?

Answer: He had half a foot cut off

Because half of his foot was cut off, Kunta was sold to Dr. William Waller, who saved his life. Because of his handicap, he could no longer work in the fields and so he became his Massa's buggy driver.

20. What name was given to Kunta by his first massa?

Answer: Toby

Massa John Waller gave Kunta the name Toby.

21. Who was Kunta's second massa?

Answer: Dr. William Waller

Kunta and the Fiddler were given to Dr. William Waller by John Waller, because he owed his brother money.

22. After becoming maimed, Kunta became his massa's what?

Answer: buggy driver

Because he was maimed, Dr. Waller made Kunta his buggy driver. This gave Kunta the opportunity to see more of the area in which he lived.

23. Who was Kunta's best friend on the plantation?

Answer: Fiddler

Fiddler was Kunta's best friend on the Waller plantation. Fiddler taught Kunta the English language.

24. Where was the plantation located (the one that Kunta lived in)?

Answer: Spotsylvania County, VA

25. Kunta never got married?

Answer: False

Kunta met and married Bell, the big house cook. They had a little girl that Kunta named Kizzy.

Source: Author DakotaNorth

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