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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 - 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Tracker encountered the old crone on his way to Monono, she told him that if she lay with a man, she lives without dying for how long?
(a) 40 moons.
(b) 20 moons.
(c) 70 moons.
(d) 100 moons.

2. What did Kava do to make the hippopotamus slink away in Chapter 3?
(a) He whistled at it.
(b) He hissed at it.
(c) He kicked it.
(d) He slapped it.

3. Who shot the woman with an arrow who was charged with lightning in Chapter 7?
(a) Zareba.
(b) Fumeli.
(c) Kwesi.
(d) Kudoda.

4. The narrator states in Chapter 1, "I am just a man who some have called" what (12)?
(a) "A beast."
(b) "A wolf."
(c) "A leopard."
(d) "A monster."

5. What word does Tracker use to refer to "a buyer of boys" in Chapter 4?
(a) Basha.
(b) Zareba.
(c) Mingi.
(d) Yumbo.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many cowries does Tracker describe his mother giving him when he left home in Chapter 1?

2. What are all of the children called in the enchanted forest who have been saved by the Leopard-man?

3. By what name does the witchman in the hut call "the cool and gentle snake" in Chapter 2?

4. What is the name of the creature that is said "comes to you like someone you know, with everything but a tongue" (34)?

5. Who was the eldest son of King Kwash Liongo?

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