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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the slaver do to the black slave who had lain with the red slave in the end of Chapter 6?
(a) He had him shot.
(b) He had him beheaded.
(c) He had him drowned.
(d) He had him castrated.

2. In the first search for the boy, how many moons passed before he was found, according to the written witness narrative in Chapter 6?
(a) 7.
(b) 14.
(c) 2.
(d) 10.

3. For how long does Tracker say the collapsed tower has been collapsing in Chapter 8?
(a) 400 years.
(b) 200 years.
(c) 100 years.
(d) 50 years.

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

5. How many cowries does Tracker describe his mother giving him when he left home in Chapter 1?
(a) 10.
(b) 20.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

6. Who shot the woman with an arrow who was charged with lightning in Chapter 7?
(a) Kwesi.
(b) Kudoda.
(c) Zareba.
(d) Fumeli.

7. By what name does the witchman in the hut call "the cool and gentle snake" in Chapter 2?
(a) The Mingi.
(b) The Abarra.
(c) Oba Olushere.
(d) The makala.

8. Who led the party that killed the mingi in Chapter 5?
(a) The Luala Luala.
(b) The Juba warriors.
(c) The Gangatom.
(d) Tracker's uncle.

9. How many people has the slaver commissioned to find his son (when he first goes missing) in Chapter 6?
(a) 4.
(b) 12.
(c) 9.
(d) 6.

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

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

12. What did the slaver offer to Tracker to drink in their meeting in Chapter 7?
(a) Masuku beer.
(b) Abarra Beer.
(c) Palm wine.
(d) Kudoda beer.

13. What does Tracker's uncle tell him it is too late for him to have done?
(a) Circumcision.
(b) Tribal branding.
(c) Rite of marriage.
(d) Tribal tattooing.

14. How long did the second search for the boy from Malakal last, according to the witness narrative in Chapter 6?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 1 year.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kava say killed his family?

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

3. What is the capital city of the North where Tracker found many jobs working to track people, according to the narrative in Chapter 5?

4. By what name does Tracker address his audience in the narrative?

5. What name does Leopard say he took as a man in Chapter 6?

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