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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 does Tracker's uncle say built and then left behind the house where his grandmother lives in Chapter 2?
(a) Large birds.
(b) Large ants.
(c) Large snakes.
(d) Large bats.

2. Where did Tracker take up residence in the years between the first and second searches for the boy from Malakal, according to the witness narrative in Chapter 6?
(a) Dolingo.
(b) Fasisi.
(c) Kongor.
(d) Mitu.

3. For how long does Tracker say the collapsed tower has been collapsing in Chapter 8?
(a) 200 years.
(b) 100 years.
(c) 400 years.
(d) 50 years.

4. What did the Itaki appear as when Tracker and the King passed back to the world of the living?
(a) A snake.
(b) An old crone.
(c) A tiger.
(d) A little girl.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal did Tracker watch Leopard kill on the 28th night away from the Ku in Chapter 4?

2. Who led the party that killed the mingi in Chapter 5?

3. What is the name of the tall woman who was with the slaver in his meeting with Tracker and Leopard in Chapter 8?

4. How long did the second search for the boy from Malakal last, according to the witness narrative in Chapter 6?

5. What did the slaver offer to Tracker to drink in their meeting in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Tracker meet Nyka?

2. Why did Tracker kill his uncle? What did he do with his uncle's head?

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

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

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

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

7. Where did Tracker grow up? Why did he leave home?

8. Who is Sangoma and how is she described?

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

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

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