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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the giggle described that Tracker heard when he looked at Gangatom on the map in Chapter 18?
(a) Red and pained.
(b) Dark and sinister.
(c) Blue and smoky.
(d) Evil and hungry.

2. 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 buffalo.
(d) Kill the snake.

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

4. To what did Kwash Dara lose his first brother?
(a) Fire.
(b) Plague.
(c) Lightning.
(d) Drowning.

5. Who was the eldest son of King Kwash Liongo?
(a) Prince Kudoda.
(b) Prince Moki.
(c) Prince Zareba.
(d) Prince Kwesi.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the first search for the boy, how many moons passed before he was found, according to the written witness narrative in Chapter 6?

2. What word in Chapter 18 refers to a West African musical instrument shaped like a lute, with 21 strings?

3. What word does Tracker use to refer to "a buyer of boys" in Chapter 4?

4. Who carried Fumeli from the hut after he had been enchanted by the bone dust in Chapter 10?

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

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