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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Kava do to make the hippopotamus slink away in Chapter 3?
(a) He kicked it.
(b) He whistled at it.
(c) He slapped it.
(d) He hissed at it.

2. Who does Tracker accuse of trying to cook the Inquisitor in Chapter 6?
(a) His son.
(b) His 10-year-old wife.
(c) His mother.
(d) His eldest sister.

3. What does Tracker say is above us in the end of Chapter 1?
(a) A roof.
(b) The sky.
(c) Impundulu.
(d) A bat.

4. 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 river.
(c) She saved him from a witch.
(d) She saved him from Leopard.

5. How long did the slaver give Tracker to decide whether to join the mission to look for the boy in Chapter 7?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 4 days.
(c) 8 days.
(d) 2 days.

6. Who are the enemies of the Ku across the river?
(a) The Gangatom.
(b) The Luala Luala.
(c) The Makala.
(d) The Oba Olushere.

7. 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 Abarra.
(b) The makala.
(c) The Mingi.
(d) Oba Olushere.

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

9. Where did Tracker take up residence in the years between the first and second searches for the boy from Malakal, according to the witness narrative in Chapter 6?
(a) Dolingo.
(b) Fasisi.
(c) Mitu.
(d) Kongor.

10. To whom do Leopard and Tracker take the remaining mingi in Chapter 5?
(a) To the Gangatom.
(b) To the Zareba.
(c) To the Oba Olushere.
(d) To the Ku.

11. At what inn did Tracker meet Leopard after they had not seen one another in years in Chapter 5?
(a) Kulikulo Inn.
(b) Abarra Inn.
(c) Luala Luala Inn.
(d) Fasisi Inn.

12. How did the missing boy's parents die, according to the slaver in Chapter 8?
(a) From a tiger attack.
(b) From drowning.
(c) From night sickness.
(d) From river sickness.

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

14. Where did Tracker move after leaving the capital city of the North in Chapter 5?
(a) Dolingo.
(b) Malakal.
(c) Kongor.
(d) Mitu.

15. Who was Kwash Dara's father?
(a) Kwesi.
(b) Kwash Netu.
(c) Kudoda.
(d) Oba Olushere.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Kava do to make the black leopard run off in Chapter 3?

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

4. What did the slaver offer to Tracker to drink in their meeting in Chapter 7?

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

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