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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many spare rooms did the Palmer's stone bungalow have?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.
2. Where did Lettice sometimes talk of moving to?
(a) Edinburgh.
(b) Yorkshire.
(c) Dover.
(d) London.
3. How many princes had been blinded by the Abyssinian emperor?
(a) Eight.
(b) Two.
(c) Ten.
(d) Five.
4. What did Mr. Roos add to the trap to make it more effective?
(a) A second goat.
(b) Poison.
(c) Fetid meat.
(d) A dog.
5. How much money did Tilly's sister send her?
(a) Fifty pounds.
(b) Thirty pounds.
(c) Ten pounds.
(d) Twenty-five pounds.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did the villagers do after Sammy's new wife died?
2. What finally convinced Kupanya to "lift the curse"?
3. What were the villagers sacrificing?
4. What was Elspeth expected to memorize while the adults were on safari?
5. What did Lettice do during thunderstorms?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the Palmer's house differ from the Huxley's residence?
2. How did Lettice Palmer view Hereward's desperate attempts to impose discipline on his workers?
3. How did the adults try to comfort Elspeth when she could not go on the safari, and did it work?
4. What did the Kikuyu do to preserve memories of the dead?
5. Why were Tilly and Lettice suspicious of Mr. Roos' behavior toward Elspeth?
6. How did Ian justify the brutality of the Abyssinian leaders he encountered before coming to Africa?
7. Describe how Elspeth viewed the dead leopard.
8. Why did Lettice elope with Hereward?
9. How did Ian describe Ahmed's people (Somalis), whom he had lived among before coming to Africa?
10. Why was Lettice convinced that she brought disaster on her loved ones?
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