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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What "wife's poison" (16) does Tracker describe being almost poisoned with by the merchant's wife in Chapter 1?
(a) Creek filge.
(b) Bone dust.
(c) Snake dung.
(d) Cobra spit.

2. Who are the enemies of the Ku across the river?
(a) The Luala Luala.
(b) The Oba Olushere.
(c) The Makala.
(d) The Gangatom.

3. What word does Tracker use to refer to "a buyer of boys" in Chapter 4?
(a) Mingi.
(b) Basha.
(c) Yumbo.
(d) Zareba.

4. What does Tracker's uncle say built and then left behind the house where his grandmother lives in Chapter 2?
(a) Large snakes.
(b) Large bats.
(c) Large birds.
(d) Large ants.

5. What are the rights of manhood called by the villagers that take Tracker in Chapter 2?
(a) The Zareba.
(b) Oba Olushere.
(c) The Mingi.
(d) The Abarra.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the woman who keeps the children in the forest?

2. By what name does the witchman in the hut call "the cool and gentle snake" in Chapter 2?

3. What did Kava do to make the black leopard run off in Chapter 3?

4. What did Tracker's uncle tell him about his father in Chapter 2?

5. What do you eat during the rights of manhood ritual described by Tracker in Chapter 2?

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