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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 were the glyphs on the writs written in?
(a) Blood.
(b) Liquid gold.
(c) Oil.
(d) Sheep's milk.

2. What kind of birds attacked Tracker and the others as they carried the griot to the bush in Chapter 18?
(a) Eagles.
(b) Starlings.
(c) Albatross.
(d) Hornbills.

3. Where is Fumanguru's home said to be in Chapter 12?
(a) The Tarobe quarter.
(b) The Nimbe quarter.
(c) The Nyembe quarter.
(d) The Gallunkobe/Matyube quarter.

4. In Chapter 14, Tracker says, "Every road an Ogo takes lands him in" where (420)?
(a) Ku.
(b) Kongor.
(c) Dolingo.
(d) Kalindar.

5. Where was the blind woman to whom the boy was taken after the attack by the Omoluzu, according to Tracker's narrative in Chapter 12?
(a) Dolingo.
(b) Ku.
(c) Kongor.
(d) Mitu.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Sogolon tell Lissisolo to send her son for protection after he was born to the second Prince she married?

2. Who does Tracker say "was always a liar and I had to kill him, especially when he tried to kill me" (386) in Chapter 12?

3. For how long does Kongor become an island during the rainy season?

4. How old is an Ogo when "the Ogo becomes the monster the gods fated him to become" (416)?

5. In order for a witch to summon Omoluzu, what must be thrown against the ceiling, according to Mossi in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about the boy's trail going hot and cold in Tracker's scent?

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

3. How are Kongori perceptions of magic different than those of the other settings in the novel?

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

5. How is the buffalo described and why did it join the tracking party?

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

7. Who is Kafuta? What purpose does this character serve to the story?

8. Why were Tracker and Sadogo arrested and detained in Kongor? For how long were they held?

9. What is Impundulu? How is this creature described?

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

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