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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 - 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the quarter of Kongor in the southwest "with streets for administrators, scribes, and keepers of logs and records" (357)?
(a) The Nyembe quarter.
(b) The Nimbe quarter.
(c) The Gallunkobe/Matyube quarter.
(d) The Tarobe quarter.

2. What word from Chapter 18 refers to a loose hooded cloak, typically woolen, of a kind traditionally worn by Arabs?
(a) Djellaba.
(b) Bawo.
(c) Kudoda.
(d) Kwesi.

3. Who was supposed to succeed to the thronedom based on history, according to Sogolon in Chapter 17?
(a) The King's eldest son.
(b) The King's eldest daughter.
(c) The oldest son of the King's oldest daughter.
(d) The oldest son of the King's oldest son.

4. What does the Leopard-man go back to do while Tracker and Kava wait in the bush in Chapter 3?
(a) Kill Tracker's uncle.
(b) Bury the child.
(c) Kill the snake.
(d) Kill the buffalo.

5. In order for a witch to summon Omoluzu, what must be thrown against the ceiling, according to Mossi in Chapter 16?
(a) Bone dust.
(b) The blood of woman or man.
(c) The firstborn child of a woman.
(d) The excrement of woman or man.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Sogolon tell Lissisolo to send her son for protection after he was born to the second Prince she married?

3. What does the Leopard wrap Asanbosam's head in before putting it in the sack in Chapter 5?

4. Who is the prefect of the Kongori army that questioned Tracker and Sadogo in Chapter 13?

5. Who is described as the grass troll that sucks the life out of bodies, draining them to a husk, in Chapter 17?

(see the answer key)

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