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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tracker states in Chapter 7 that Malakal produces nothing but what?
(a) Gold.
(b) Prostitutes.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Silver.

2. What is the capital city of the North where Tracker found many jobs working to track people, according to the narrative in Chapter 5?
(a) Fasisi.
(b) Dolingo.
(c) Luala Luala.
(d) Ku.

3. What animals have emerged to attack the mingi in Chapter 5?
(a) Hyenas.
(b) Tigers.
(c) Rhinos.
(d) Lions.

4. For how long had the King been dead that the Queen asked Tracker to find for her in Chapter 1?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 5 years.

5. How long did the second search for the boy from Malakal last, according to the witness narrative in Chapter 6?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 2 years.

6. How long did the slaver give Tracker to decide whether to join the mission to look for the boy in Chapter 7?
(a) 8 days.
(b) 4 days.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 2 days.

7. What literary device is employed in the following sentence from Chapter 1? "Truth eats lies just as the crocodile eats the moon" (12).
(a) Simile.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Metaphor.

8. By what name does the witchman in the hut call "the cool and gentle snake" in Chapter 2?
(a) The Mingi.
(b) The makala.
(c) Oba Olushere.
(d) The Abarra.

9. How many cowries does Tracker describe his mother giving him when he left home in Chapter 1?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 20.
(d) 10.

10. Who are the enemies of the Ku across the river?
(a) The Luala Luala.
(b) The Makala.
(c) The Gangatom.
(d) The Oba Olushere.

11. What does the Leopard-man go back to do while Tracker and Kava wait in the bush in Chapter 3?
(a) Kill Tracker's uncle.
(b) Kill the buffalo.
(c) Kill the snake.
(d) Bury the child.

12. What are the rights of manhood called by the villagers that take Tracker in Chapter 2?
(a) The Zareba.
(b) The Mingi.
(c) The Abarra.
(d) Oba Olushere.

13. To whom do Leopard and Tracker take the remaining mingi in Chapter 5?
(a) To the Gangatom.
(b) To the Ku.
(c) To the Oba Olushere.
(d) To the Zareba.

14. Who led the party that killed the mingi in Chapter 5?
(a) The Luala Luala.
(b) The Juba warriors.
(c) Tracker's uncle.
(d) The Gangatom.

15. At what inn did Tracker meet Leopard after they had not seen one another in years in Chapter 5?
(a) Luala Luala Inn.
(b) Fasisi Inn.
(c) Kulikulo Inn.
(d) Abarra Inn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Tracker take up residence in the years between the first and second searches for the boy from Malakal, according to the witness narrative in Chapter 6?

2. What are the "roof walkers, night demons" (25) called that the King summons in Tracker's story in Chapter 1?

3. What did Tracker send the Prince in Kalindar's first servant back with, as he had foul manners, according to the narrative in Chapter 6?

4. What does Kava say killed his family?

5. What "wife's poison" (16) does Tracker describe being almost poisoned with by the merchant's wife in Chapter 1?

(see the answer keys)

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