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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) Snake dung.
(b) Bone dust.
(c) Cobra spit.
(d) Creek filge.

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

3. 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) Metaphor.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Simile.

4. Who are the people that live above the Gangatom?
(a) The Oba Olushere.
(b) The Yumboes.
(c) The Luala Luala.
(d) The Omoluzu.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal did Tracker watch Leopard kill on the 28th night away from the Ku in Chapter 4?

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

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

4. What are the good fairies of the leaves called that Kava speaks to in Chapter 3?

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

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