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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 snakes.
(c) Large bats.
(d) Large ants.

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

3. What did Kava do to make the black leopard run off in Chapter 3?
(a) He threw water on it.
(b) He whistled at it.
(c) He shot an arrow at it.
(d) He slapped it.

4. 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 beheaded.
(b) He had him castrated.
(c) He had him shot.
(d) He had him drowned.

5. Who led the party that killed the mingi in Chapter 5?
(a) Tracker's uncle.
(b) The Luala Luala.
(c) The Gangatom.
(d) The Juba warriors.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the missing boy's parents die, according to the slaver in Chapter 8?

2. How many cowries does Tracker describe his mother giving him when he left home in Chapter 1?

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

4. What is the name of the woman who arose from a liquid puddle in Chapter 8?

5. What does Tracker's uncle tell him it is too late for him to have done?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What did Tracker learn about his father while in Ku?

9. How did Tracker meet Nyka?

10. How is Sadogo's appearance described when he first appears in Chapter 8?

(see the answer keys)

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