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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who carried the Leopard from the hut after he had been entranced by the bone dust in Chapter 10?
(a) Ewele.
(b) Sadogo.
(c) Nsaka Ne Vampi.
(d) The makala.

4. How is the giggle described that Tracker heard when he looked at Gangatom on the map in Chapter 18?
(a) Dark and sinister.
(b) Red and pained.
(c) Blue and smoky.
(d) Evil and hungry.

5. Who is the prefect of the Kongori army that questioned Tracker and Sadogo in Chapter 13?
(a) Fasisi.
(b) Mossi.
(c) Kwesi.
(d) Sogolon.

6. Where did Tracker and Sadogo determine the boy and his captors were after passing from Ngiki, in Chapter 18?
(a) The Nyembe quarter.
(b) Dolingo.
(c) Wakadishu.
(d) Fasisi.

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

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

9. 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) Fumeli.
(d) Eloko.

10. Who is described in Chapter 10 as "red and hairy, whose black eyes were small as seeds, and who hopped like a frog" (327)?
(a) Nsaka Ne Vampi.
(b) Egbere.
(c) Kwesi.
(d) Ewele.

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

12. 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 ravens.
(d) 2 pigeons.

13. 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 commit incest.
(d) They eat badly.

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

15. How old was Sadogo when he killed a lion who had developed a taste for man flesh?
(a) 9.
(b) 12.
(c) 6.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Sogolon believe would take control of Tracker's mind if he fell asleep in Chapter 16?

2. What word in Chapter 18 refers to a West African musical instrument shaped like a lute, with 21 strings?

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

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

5. What did Tracker call Sadogo in order to get him angry enough to overcome the bone dust in Chapter 10?

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