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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the slaver do to the black slave who had lain with the red slave in the end of Chapter 6?
(a) He had him shot.
(b) He had him beheaded.
(c) He had him drowned.
(d) He had him castrated.

2. What does Tracker say his back suffered beatings from at the hands of the guards after reading the witness report in Chapter 6?
(a) Soap bars.
(b) Metal chains.
(c) Wood canes.
(d) Yam sacks.

3. For how long had the King been dead that the Queen asked Tracker to find for her in Chapter 1?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 10 years.

4. What did Kava do to make the hippopotamus slink away in Chapter 3?
(a) He kicked it.
(b) He hissed at it.
(c) He whistled at it.
(d) He slapped it.

5. What animals have emerged to attack the mingi in Chapter 5?
(a) Tigers.
(b) Hyenas.
(c) Lions.
(d) Rhinos.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Leopard say he took as a man in Chapter 6?

2. What did Tracker send the Prince in Kalindar's first servant back with, as he had foul manners, according to the narrative in Chapter 6?

3. What does Kava say killed his family?

4. By what name does Tracker address his audience in the narrative?

5. What is "the official and provider of food. Also stealer" (42) called in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Itaki and how is it described?

2. How did Tracker's uncle explain the reasoning behind male and female circumcision?

3. What did Leopard and Tracker do with the lightning woman in Chapter 7?

4. Who set up the search party for the boy? How many comprised the search party?

5. What are the Omoluzu? How are they described?

6. What did Tracker, Leopard, and Kava discover when they returned to Sangoma's after killing Asanbosam?

7. Why did Tracker's uncle say that he could not participate in the Zareba?

8. Who is Sangoma and how is she described?

9. Who is Fumeli? What were Tracker's first impressions of him?

10. Where did Tracker meet Leopard? What were his first impressions of him?

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