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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 – 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Tracker's uncle tell him about his father in Chapter 2?
(a) His father is his uncle.
(b) His father is his grandfather.
(c) His father is his brother.
(d) His father is wanted for murder.

3. For how long does the narrator say Kava and Leopard have been saving children in Chapter 4?
(a) 3 and 1 moons.
(b) 1 and 5 moons.
(c) 10 and 9 years.
(d) 10 and 9 moons.

4. By what name does Tracker address his audience in the narrative?
(a) Inquisitor.
(b) Leopard.
(c) Queen.
(d) Reader.

5. How did Giraffe Boy come to live with the woman in the woods?
(a) She saved him from Leopard.
(b) She saved him from a river.
(c) She saved him from a witch.
(d) She saved him from a lion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the enemies of the Ku across the river?

2. What does Tracker's uncle tell him it is too late for him to have done?

3. What literary device is employed in the following sentence from Chapter 1? "Truth eats lies just as the crocodile eats the moon" (12).

4. When Tracker encountered the old crone on his way to Monono, she told him that if she lay with a man, she lives without dying for how long?

5. What did Kava do to make the hippopotamus slink away in Chapter 3?

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