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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To what did Kwash Dara lose his first brother?
(a) Drowning.
(b) Plague.
(c) Fire.
(d) Lightning.

3. What is the name of the girl who rides with Sogolon?
(a) Ilatra.
(b) Mingi.
(c) Venin.
(d) Kwesi.

4. Who did Sogolon believe would take control of Tracker's mind if he fell asleep in Chapter 16?
(a) Nsaka Ne Vampi.
(b) Fumeli.
(c) The Aesi.
(d) Amadu Kasawura.

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

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

7. When Tracker beheaded the ghommid, he said his head would grow back in how much time in Chapter 10?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 7 days.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 2 weeks.

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

9. What word from Chapter 18 refers to a loose hooded cloak, typically woolen, of a kind traditionally worn by Arabs?
(a) Bawo.
(b) Kwesi.
(c) Djellaba.
(d) Kudoda.

10. The glyphs in the writ state "Mark the god butcher, for he marks" what (513)?
(a) "The killer of kings."
(b) "The end of the world."
(c) "The end of Dolingo."
(d) "The next of the kings."

11. What birds did Sogolon send as messengers to announce the group's coming visit to the Queen of Dolingo in Chapter 17?
(a) 2 doves.
(b) 3 hornbills.
(c) 2 pigeons.
(d) 2 ravens.

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

13. Who vouched for the fact that Tracker stayed awake all night when the group was attacked by the snake women in Chapter 16?
(a) Kwesi.
(b) Mossi.
(c) Amadu Kasawura.
(d) Ewele.

14. What kind of birds attacked Tracker and the others as they carried the griot to the bush in Chapter 18?
(a) Eagles.
(b) Starlings.
(c) Hornbills.
(d) Albatross.

15. For how long does the old man say Impundulu and his party have been using the ten and nine doors in Chapter 17?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 6 years.
(c) 6 weeks.
(d) 1 year.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is said to have hidden the boy in her womb to save him from the Omoluzu in Chapter 12?

2. What is the area of Kongor called where "artists and artisans who made crafts for the homes of the nobles" live (357)?

3. How did the King die in Sogolon's story in Chapter 17?

4. In Chapter 18, Tracker states, "The King before this one, Kwash Netu, was never one for" what (563)?

5. What is the name used for he who "makes the costume... a knower of beauty" (398) for Bingingun?

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