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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 is the area of the northwest called in Kongor?
(a) The Tarobe quarter.
(b) The Nyembe quarter.
(c) The Nimbe quarter.
(d) The Gallunkobe/Matyube quarter.

2. How many children did Lissisolo have in seven years after marrying a Prince?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

3. What did the lord describe eating the moon in the sky when Tracker's party arrived at his home in Chapter 17?
(a) The divine lion.
(b) The divine crocodile.
(c) The divine leopard.
(d) The divine goat.

4. What word in Chapter 18 refers to a West African musical instrument shaped like a lute, with 21 strings?
(a) Kora.
(b) Kudoda.
(c) Ampe.
(d) Bawo.

5. By whom was the buffalo called upon?
(a) Nsaka Ne Vampi.
(b) Kwesi.
(c) Ewele.
(d) Sogolon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who carried Fumeli from the hut after he had been enchanted by the bone dust in Chapter 10?

2. What word from Chapter 18 refers to a loose hooded cloak, typically woolen, of a kind traditionally worn by Arabs?

3. For how long does the old man say Impundulu and his party have been using the ten and nine doors in Chapter 17?

4. What kind of bird did Ekoiye have in his room in Chapter 11?

5. What birds did Sogolon send as messengers to announce the group's coming visit to the Queen of Dolingo in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Kongor and how is it described?

2. Why was Tracker instructed not to sleep in the night in Chapter 16?

3. How did Mossi explain his reasoning for joining the tracking party in Chapter 16?

4. What forced the tracking party to flee the Great Hall of Records in Chapter 15?

5. What is the Darklands and how is it described?

6. What are griots and why are they important in the story?

7. What did the tracking party discover about Fumanguru's writs in Chapter 15?

8. How is the setting of Dolingo described? What is of central value to the inhabitants of this city?

9. What is the creature called the Anjou and how did it attack the tracking party?

10. How is Mossi described? What were Tracker's first impressions of him?

(see the answer keys)

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