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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Sogolon tell Lissisolo to send her son for protection after he was born to the second Prince she married?
(a) Mweru.
(b) Ku.
(c) Fasisi.
(d) Kwesi.

2. What is the area of Kongor called where "artists and artisans who made crafts for the homes of the nobles" live (357)?
(a) The Nyembe quarter.
(b) The Gallunkobe/Matyube quarter.
(c) The Tarobe quarter.
(d) The Nimbe quarter.

3. Who does Tracker say "was always a liar and I had to kill him, especially when he tried to kill me" (386) in Chapter 12?
(a) Ewele.
(b) Kwesi.
(c) Belekun the Big.
(d) Nsaka Ne Vampi.

4. How did Kwash Dara say Lissisolo's husband and children died in Chapter 17?
(a) From river sickness.
(b) In a house fire.
(c) From air sickness.
(d) From night sickness.

5. What did Ekoiye blow in Tracker's face on the roof in Chapter 11?
(a) Bone dust.
(b) Asp powder.
(c) Kohl dust.
(d) Talcum powder.

6. Why did Sogolon say the South kings get madder and madder over time in Chapter 17?
(a) They drink palm wine.
(b) They work black magic.
(c) They eat badly.
(d) They commit incest.

7. Who was supposed to succeed to the thronedom based on history, according to Sogolon in Chapter 17?
(a) The King's eldest daughter.
(b) The oldest son of the King's oldest daughter.
(c) The King's eldest son.
(d) The oldest son of the King's oldest son.

8. Who is said to have hidden the boy in her womb to save him from the Omoluzu in Chapter 12?
(a) Nsaka Ne Vampi.
(b) Kwesi.
(c) Bunshi.
(d) Ewele.

9. What is the name used for he who "makes the costume... a knower of beauty" (398) for Bingingun?
(a) The Abarra.
(b) The amewa.
(c) The bumbangi.
(d) The makala.

10. What did Tracker call Sadogo in order to get him angry enough to overcome the bone dust in Chapter 10?
(a) Omoluzu.
(b) A giant.
(c) An Ogo.
(d) A mingi.

11. What is the quarter of Kongor called that housed "free people and slaves both laboring for masters" (357)?
(a) The Tarobe quarter.
(b) The Gallunkobe/Matyube quarter.
(c) The Nyembe quarter.
(d) The Nimbe quarter.

12. For how long does Kongor become an island during the rainy season?
(a) 8 moons.
(b) 4 moons.
(c) 2 moons.
(d) 6 moons.

13. What word in Chapter 18 refers to a West African musical instrument shaped like a lute, with 21 strings?
(a) Kudoda.
(b) Bawo.
(c) Kora.
(d) Ampe.

14. How many children did Lissisolo have in seven years after marrying a Prince?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

15. What did Sadogo say Impundulu once tried to do to him in Chapter 18?
(a) Cut off his head.
(b) Cut out his heart.
(c) Cut off his genitals.
(d) Throw in into fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is an Ogo when "the Ogo becomes the monster the gods fated him to become" (416)?

2. What is Sogolon said to be master of in Chapter 16?

3. Who is described in Chapter 10 as "red and hairy, whose black eyes were small as seeds, and who hopped like a frog" (327)?

4. The glyphs in the writ state "Mark the god butcher, for he marks" what (513)?

5. What kind of birds attacked Tracker and the others as they carried the griot to the bush in Chapter 18?

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