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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Leopard say his father had been doing when he found him on an island in the middle of the sea in Chapter 6?
(a) Working as a slave trader.
(b) Working as a blacksmith.
(c) Working as a bricklayer.
(d) Working as an executioner.

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

3. What is "the official and provider of food. Also stealer" (42) called in Chapter 2?
(a) Oba Olushere.
(b) The bumbangi.
(c) The makala.
(d) The Yumbo.

4. 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.

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

10. How often did Tracker's uncle tell him his people celebrate death and rebirth in Chapter 2?
(a) Every 100 times the earth flies around the sun.
(b) Every 30 times the earth flies around the sun.
(c) Every 60 times the earth flies around the sun.
(d) Every 10 times the earth flies around the sun.

11. Who is the man who commissioned trackers to find his son?
(a) Kwash Netu.
(b) Kudoda.
(c) Kwesi.
(d) Amadu Kasawura.

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

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

14. What are the good fairies of the leaves called that Kava speaks to in Chapter 3?
(a) Oba Olushere.
(b) Basha.
(c) Mingi.
(d) Yumboes.

15. By what name does Tracker address his audience in the narrative?
(a) Reader.
(b) Inquisitor.
(c) Leopard.
(d) Queen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the rights of manhood called by the villagers that take Tracker in Chapter 2?

2. Where did Tracker move after leaving the capital city of the North in Chapter 5?

3. What did Tracker's father demand to drink from his wife, then abusing her, in Chapter 1?

4. In what city did Tracker say he was raised in Chapter 8?

5. What does Tracker's uncle say built and then left behind the house where his grandmother lives in Chapter 2?

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