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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 do you eat during the rights of manhood ritual described by Tracker in Chapter 2?
(a) Abarra.
(b) Durra porridge.
(c) Oba Olushere.
(d) Mingi.

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

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

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

5. What literary device is employed in the following sentence from Chapter 1? "Truth eats lies just as the crocodile eats the moon" (12).
(a) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Simile.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Allusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the creature that is said "comes to you like someone you know, with everything but a tongue" (34)?

2. During what game did Tracker's father kill a man?

3. What tree does the witchman take Tracker to in Chapter 2?

4. What did Tracker's father demand to drink from his wife, then abusing her, in Chapter 1?

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

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