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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 are the "roof walkers, night demons" (25) called that the King summons in Tracker's story in Chapter 1?
(a) Ampe.
(b) Impundulu.
(c) Omoluzu.
(d) Bawo.

2. What did Kava do to make the black leopard run off in Chapter 3?
(a) He shot an arrow at it.
(b) He threw water on it.
(c) He slapped it.
(d) He whistled at it.

3. For how long had the King been dead that the Queen asked Tracker to find for her in Chapter 1?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 2 years.

4. What animal did Tracker watch Leopard kill on the 28th night away from the Ku in Chapter 4?
(a) An antelope.
(b) A goat.
(c) A mermaid.
(d) A giraffe.

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) Allusion.
(b) Simile.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Giraffe Boy come to live with the woman in the woods?

3. What is "the official and provider of food. Also stealer" (42) called in Chapter 2?

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

5. The narrator states in Chapter 1, "I am just a man who some have called" what (12)?

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