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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how long does the old man say Impundulu and his party have been using the ten and nine doors in Chapter 17?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 6 years.
(d) 6 weeks.

2. Who is described as the grass troll that sucks the life out of bodies, draining them to a husk, in Chapter 17?
(a) Ewele.
(b) Kwesi.
(c) Fumeli.
(d) Eloko.

3. Who carried the Leopard from the hut after he had been entranced by the bone dust in Chapter 10?
(a) The makala.
(b) Sadogo.
(c) Ewele.
(d) Nsaka Ne Vampi.

4. What did the man pay to buy Sadogo from his father?
(a) 70 pieces of gold and 3 goats.
(b) 7 pieces of gold and 15 goats.
(c) 2 pieces of gold and 25 goats.
(d) 27 pieces of gold and 5 goats.

5. Where did Tracker and Sadogo determine the boy and his captors were after passing from Ngiki, in Chapter 18?
(a) Dolingo.
(b) Fasisi.
(c) Wakadishu.
(d) The Nyembe quarter.

6. What is the name of the girl who rides with Sogolon?
(a) Mingi.
(b) Venin.
(c) Ilatra.
(d) Kwesi.

7. What kind of bird did Ekoiye have in his room in Chapter 11?
(a) A black starling.
(b) A black pigeon.
(c) A white dove.
(d) A blue raven.

8. How many rooms does Tracker describe comprising the lord's house where the party arrived in Chapter 17?
(a) 2.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 13.

9. How old was Sadogo when he killed a lion who had developed a taste for man flesh?
(a) 12.
(b) 6.
(c) 18.
(d) 9.

10. Who runs the House of Pleasurable Goods and Services that Tracker visited in Chapter 11?
(a) Miss Wadada.
(b) Nsaka Ne Vampi.
(c) Ewele.
(d) Kwesi.

11. Who was supposed to succeed to the thronedom based on history, according to Sogolon in Chapter 17?
(a) The King's eldest son.
(b) The oldest son of the King's oldest son.
(c) The King's eldest daughter.
(d) The oldest son of the King's oldest daughter.

12. By whom was the buffalo called upon?
(a) Sogolon.
(b) Nsaka Ne Vampi.
(c) Ewele.
(d) Kwesi.

13. Behind whom does the Aesi stand, according to Tracker in Chapter 17?
(a) Amadu Kasawura.
(b) Kwash Netu.
(c) Nsaka Ne Vampi.
(d) The Spider King.

14. When Tracker beheaded the ghommid, he said his head would grow back in how much time in Chapter 10?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 7 days.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 2 weeks.

15. For how long does Kongor become an island during the rainy season?
(a) 6 moons.
(b) 2 moons.
(c) 8 moons.
(d) 4 moons.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 18, Tracker states, "The King before this one, Kwash Netu, was never one for" what (563)?

2. For what king was Sadogo the executioner in the richest of the South Kingdoms?

3. What word in Chapter 18 refers to a West African musical instrument shaped like a lute, with 21 strings?

4. For how long did Sadogo stay in Kongor for work, according to his story in Chapter 18?

5. Where did the Aesi tell Lissisolo she would be sent the following day after she learned her husband and children were dead in Chapter 17?

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