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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The narrator states in Chapter 1, "I am just a man who some have called" what (12)?
(a) "A leopard."
(b) "A wolf."
(c) "A beast."
(d) "A monster."

3. What are giants of the mountain lands called in the novel?
(a) Bawo.
(b) Omoluzu.
(c) Ogos.
(d) Mingi.

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

5. For how long had the King been dead that the Queen asked Tracker to find for her in Chapter 1?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 8 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 10 years.

6. When Tracker encountered the old crone on his way to Monono, she told him that if she lay with a man, she lives without dying for how long?
(a) 100 moons.
(b) 40 moons.
(c) 70 moons.
(d) 20 moons.

7. What do you eat during the rights of manhood ritual described by Tracker in Chapter 2?
(a) Durra porridge.
(b) Oba Olushere.
(c) Abarra.
(d) Mingi.

8. What is the name of the woman who arose from a liquid puddle in Chapter 8?
(a) Nsaka Ne Vampi.
(b) Zareba.
(c) Sogolon.
(d) Kudoda.

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

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

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

12. Where did the slaver entrust the child to a housekeeper before he was kidnapped?
(a) Fasisi.
(b) Dolingo.
(c) Luala Luala.
(d) Kongor.

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

14. What literary device is employed in the following sentence from Chapter 1? "Truth eats lies just as the crocodile eats the moon" (12).
(a) Simile.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Allusion.

15. What does Kava say killed his family?
(a) Mingi.
(b) Omoluzu.
(c) Night sickness.
(d) River sickness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the good fairies of the leaves called that Kava speaks to in Chapter 3?

2. How long did the slaver give Tracker to decide whether to join the mission to look for the boy in Chapter 7?

3. What did the Kalindar Prince say that the bandits wanted for ransom for his daughter in Chapter 6?

4. What kind of eye did Leopard say Tracker had in replacement of his own in Chapter 6?

5. What tree does the witchman take Tracker to in Chapter 2?

(see the answer keys)

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