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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. How often did Tracker's uncle tell him his people celebrate death and rebirth in Chapter 2?
(a) Every 60 times the earth flies around the sun.
(b) Every 100 times the earth flies around the sun.
(c) Every 10 times the earth flies around the sun.
(d) Every 30 times the earth flies around the sun.

2. How did Tracker kill Kava?
(a) He cut out his heart.
(b) He pushed him off a cliff.
(c) He lit his house on fire.
(d) He stabbed him in the neck.

3. What is "the official and provider of food. Also stealer" (42) called in Chapter 2?
(a) The Yumbo.
(b) Oba Olushere.
(c) The bumbangi.
(d) The makala.

4. How long did the slaver give Tracker to decide whether to join the mission to look for the boy in Chapter 7?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 8 days.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 2 days.

5. 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?
(a) A shaved head.
(b) 2 missing fingers.
(c) A missing foot.
(d) A missing hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tracker's uncle tell him about his father in Chapter 2?

2. What are giants of the mountain lands called in the novel?

3. What are the rights of manhood called by the villagers that take Tracker in Chapter 2?

4. How does Tracker describe the Prince's daughter when he last saw her in her window in Chapter 6?

5. How many years after the boy from Malakal was retrieved was he lost again, according to the witness narrative in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. When and where was the boy stolen from according to the slaver in Chapter 8?

2. How is Sogolon's appearance described in Chapter 8?

3. How did Tracker first find his way to Ku? Who helped him?

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

5. Who is Sangoma and how is she described?

6. Why did Tracker go to Monono? What did he retrieve there?

7. How did Tracker meet Nyka?

8. How did Tracker become involved in the first quest for the boy?

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

10. What foreshadowing is established in the opening lines of the novel? Why is this important?

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