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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon arriving in Nkumai, where does the guide take Lanik?
(a) To the customs office.
(b) To the home of the land's highest official.
(c) To the home of the elite guard.
(d) To the guide's home.

2. Why does Lanik ask for this particular thing after being challenged by the young boy?
(a) He is thirsty.
(b) He is hot.
(c) It is dramatic.
(d) It would be beautiful.

3. What two words describe the people aboard the slave ship?
(a) Sentimental and kind.
(b) Loving and kind.
(c) Cruel and sentimental.
(d) Cruel and loving.

4. What do the people in Nkumai eat?
(a) Birds.
(b) Rodents.
(c) Fish.
(d) Root vegetables.

5. Why does Lanik eventually prepare to leave the desert people?
(a) Lanik is afraid of his new-found powers.
(b) Lanik misses Saranna.
(c) Lanik realizes he must return to help his father.
(d) Lanik realizes he is not growing as a person.

6. Who is the protagonist's brother?
(a) Saranna.
(b) Ensel.
(c) Lanik.
(d) Dinte.

7. Who does Lanik meet as he travels to Ku Kuei?
(a) A young woman.
(b) An old lady.
(c) An angry soldier.
(d) A young boy.

8. Why is the person Lanik meets afraid, at first, to help him?
(a) There are penalties for aiding and abetting felons.
(b) There have been robbers in the area.
(c) The person is under surveillance.
(d) Lanik looks scruffy and dangerous.

9. After leaving the castle in Mueller, where does the group of four head to?
(a) Ku Kuei.
(b) Allison.
(c) Nkumai.
(d) Gill.

10. How does Lanik escape from prison?
(a) Lanik escapes using the parachute.
(b) Lanik escapes using the ladders.
(c) Lanik escapes using the bird nets.
(d) Lanik escapes using the ropes.

11. What does the person helping Lanik give him before he departs?
(a) A dress.
(b) A map.
(c) Advice.
(d) Money.

12. As the group of four leaves Mueller, what does the old soldier take with him?
(a) The library.
(b) A prisoner.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The castle's blueprints.

13. Who visits Lanik just before he escapes?
(a) Allison.
(b) Ensel.
(c) Saranna.
(d) Mwabao.

14. According to what Lanik learns from his visitor, who rules Mueller?
(a) Mwabao.
(b) Father.
(c) Ensel.
(d) Mother.

15. What is the name of the old soldier who joins Lanik and his two friends as Lanik prepares to leave Mueller?
(a) Kukueian.
(b) Mwabao.
(c) Homarnoch.
(d) Ensel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lanik becomes legendary in the land of Sill. What is Lanik known as?

2. What is the name of the story's protagonist?

3. How do the slavers describe Lanik's appearance after Lanik has been aboard the slave ship for a little while?

4. Why do the crew members try to discourage Lanik from demanding to go above-board?

5. Where does Lanik leave the slave ship?

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