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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the eldest son of King Kwash Liongo?
(a) Prince Kwesi.
(b) Prince Zareba.
(c) Prince Kudoda.
(d) Prince Moki.

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

3. What "wife's poison" (16) does Tracker describe being almost poisoned with by the merchant's wife in Chapter 1?
(a) Snake dung.
(b) Bone dust.
(c) Cobra spit.
(d) Creek filge.

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

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

6. Tracker states in Chapter 7 that Malakal produces nothing but what?
(a) Silver.
(b) Slaves.
(c) Prostitutes.
(d) Gold.

7. What animals have emerged to attack the mingi in Chapter 5?
(a) Hyenas.
(b) Rhinos.
(c) Lions.
(d) Tigers.

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

9. How does Tracker describe the Prince's daughter when he last saw her in her window in Chapter 6?
(a) Her head a white sphere.
(b) Her head a black stump.
(c) Her hair on fire.
(d) Her neck, a broken wing.

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

11. During what game did Tracker's father kill a man?
(a) Ampe.
(b) Mancala.
(c) Kudoda.
(d) Bawo.

12. 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.

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

14. What are the rights of manhood called by the villagers that take Tracker in Chapter 2?
(a) The Zareba.
(b) Oba Olushere.
(c) The Abarra.
(d) The Mingi.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tracker's uncle tell him about his father in Chapter 2?

2. What does Tracker say his back suffered beatings from at the hands of the guards after reading the witness report in Chapter 6?

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

4. Who was Kwash Dara's father?

5. What do you eat during the rights of manhood ritual described by Tracker in Chapter 2?

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