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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On whose horse did Tracker ride after Sogolon kicked her off of hers in Chapter 16?
(a) Leopard's.
(b) Mossi's.
(c) Ewele's.
(d) Fumeli's.

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

3. For how long did Sadogo stay in Kongor for work, according to his story in Chapter 18?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 14 days.
(d) 3 months.

4. What is Sogolon said to be master of in Chapter 16?
(a) The lands to the east.
(b) The ten and nine doors.
(c) The lands to the west.
(d) Dolingo.

5. What did Tracker do with Ekoiye's bird before leaving the brothel in Chapter 11?
(a) Stole it.
(b) Set it free.
(c) Shot it.
(d) Strangled it.

6. Ekoiye led Tracker through a hatch to the roof of whom in Chapter 11?
(a) A shapeshifting lion.
(b) A gold merchant.
(c) A baker.
(d) A slaver.

7. For how long did Mossi say he had lived in Kongor in Chapter 16?
(a) 16 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 5 years.

8. What does Tracker say time is to all animals in Chapter 12?
(a) Flat.
(b) Curved.
(c) Blank.
(d) Lost.

9. How did the King die in Sogolon's story in Chapter 17?
(a) He was shot by his brother.
(b) He choked on a chicken bone.
(c) He hung himself.
(d) He drowned on a boating trip.

10. What did the lord describe eating the moon in the sky when Tracker's party arrived at his home in Chapter 17?
(a) The divine crocodile.
(b) The divine goat.
(c) The divine lion.
(d) The divine leopard.

11. What were the glyphs on the writs written in?
(a) Liquid gold.
(b) Oil.
(c) Sheep's milk.
(d) Blood.

12. How many killings did Sadogo tell Tracker about as they journeyed in Chapter 14?
(a) 26.
(b) 271.
(c) 15.
(d) 364.

13. What did the man pay to buy Sadogo from his father?
(a) 7 pieces of gold and 15 goats.
(b) 70 pieces of gold and 3 goats.
(c) 27 pieces of gold and 5 goats.
(d) 2 pieces of gold and 25 goats.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 14, Tracker says, "Every road an Ogo takes lands him in" where (420)?

2. When Tracker beheaded the ghommid, he said his head would grow back in how much time in Chapter 10?

3. What did Kwash Dara have dumped on the banquet table during the feast celebrating his one year's reign in Chapter 17?

4. How is Sogolon's dress described in Chapter 11?

5. What is the name of the quarter of Kongor in the southwest "with streets for administrators, scribes, and keepers of logs and records" (357)?

(see the answer keys)

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