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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did the Aesi tell Lissisolo she would be sent the following day after she learned her husband and children were dead in Chapter 17?
(a) To the Gallunkobe/Matyube quarter.
(b) To Dolingo.
(c) To Fasisi.
(d) To the divine sisterhood.

3. Who is described in Chapter 10 as "the quiet one" that is "more vicious than his cousin" (328)?
(a) Ewele.
(b) Egbere.
(c) Kwesi.
(d) Nsaka Ne Vampi.

4. How old is an Ogo when "the Ogo becomes the monster the gods fated him to become" (416)?
(a) 15.
(b) 19.
(c) 21.
(d) 13.

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

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

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

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

9. What kind of bird did Ekoiye have in his room in Chapter 11?
(a) A white dove.
(b) A black pigeon.
(c) A black starling.
(d) A blue raven.

10. Where was the blind woman to whom the boy was taken after the attack by the Omoluzu, according to Tracker's narrative in Chapter 12?
(a) Mitu.
(b) Ku.
(c) Kongor.
(d) Dolingo.

11. 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.

12. Who is described as the grass troll that sucks the life out of bodies, draining them to a husk, in Chapter 17?
(a) Kwesi.
(b) Ewele.
(c) Eloko.
(d) Fumeli.

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

14. 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) Nsaka Ne Vampi.
(c) Belekun the Big.
(d) Kwesi.

15. In order for a witch to summon Omoluzu, what must be thrown against the ceiling, according to Mossi in Chapter 16?
(a) The firstborn child of a woman.
(b) The blood of woman or man.
(c) The excrement of woman or man.
(d) Bone dust.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the mountain seven days west of Fasisis and north of Juba?

3. Who was supposed to succeed to the thronedom based on history, according to Sogolon in Chapter 17?

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

5. What did Tracker do with Ekoiye's bird before leaving the brothel in Chapter 11?

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