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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Six through Ten.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are siafu?
(a) Warrior ants.
(b) Tse-tse flies.
(c) Mosquitoes.
(d) Termites.

2. What was Sammy's ethnic mix?
(a) Masai/Kikuyu.
(b) Kikuyu/Swahili.
(c) Kikuyu/Xhosa.
(d) Masai/Swahili.

3. What birds did Crawford and Elspeth observe doing a mating ritual?
(a) Whydah.
(b) Eagle.
(c) Ostrich.
(d) Dove.

4. What natural phenomenon did Mrs. Palmer see in her travels to Scandinavia?
(a) A total solar eclipse.
(b) The aurora borealis.
(c) A comet.
(d) A total lunar eclipse.

5. What did most of the farmers do as the New Year came?
(a) Went to Nairobi for supplies.
(b) Went to Nairobi for the races.
(c) Began harvesting.
(d) Went on safari.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animals did the Huxley family take with them to Africa?

2. Who had once killed a lion at the meeting place of the two rivers?

3. What was Njombo saving up the goats for?

4. Why was Tilly upset about Roger Stilbeck's letter?

5. Why was Alec Wilson in Africa?

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