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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 all of the children called in the enchanted forest who have been saved by the Leopard-man?
(a) Basha.
(b) Ampe.
(c) Yumboes.
(d) Mingi.

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

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

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

5. During what game did Tracker's father kill a man?
(a) Kudoda.
(b) Bawo.
(c) Ampe.
(d) Mancala.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What "wife's poison" (16) does Tracker describe being almost poisoned with by the merchant's wife in Chapter 1?

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

4. What does Tracker's uncle say built and then left behind the house where his grandmother lives in Chapter 2?

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

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