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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Sogolon believe would take control of Tracker's mind if he fell asleep in Chapter 16?
(a) The Aesi.
(b) Fumeli.
(c) Nsaka Ne Vampi.
(d) Amadu Kasawura.

2. How did Giraffe Boy come to live with the woman in the woods?
(a) She saved him from a lion.
(b) She saved him from a witch.
(c) She saved him from a river.
(d) She saved him from Leopard.

3. What is the name of the creature that is said "comes to you like someone you know, with everything but a tongue" (34)?
(a) The Mingi.
(b) The makala.
(c) The Abarra.
(d) Oba Olushere.

4. For how long does the narrator say Kava and Leopard have been saving children in Chapter 4?
(a) 10 and 9 moons.
(b) 1 and 5 moons.
(c) 3 and 1 moons.
(d) 10 and 9 years.

5. Who does Tracker say "was always a liar and I had to kill him, especially when he tried to kill me" (386) in Chapter 12?
(a) Nsaka Ne Vampi.
(b) Ewele.
(c) Belekun the Big.
(d) Kwesi.

Short Answer Questions

1. By whom was the buffalo called upon?

2. At what inn did Tracker meet Leopard after they had not seen one another in years in Chapter 5?

3. What are the "roof walkers, night demons" (25) called that the King summons in Tracker's story in Chapter 1?

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

5. For how long did the boy stay with Fumanguru after he was sent there, according to Sogolon's story in Chapter 17?

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