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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 name of the quarter of Kongor in the southwest "with streets for administrators, scribes, and keepers of logs and records" (357)?
(a) The Nyembe quarter.
(b) The Tarobe quarter.
(c) The Gallunkobe/Matyube quarter.
(d) The Nimbe quarter.

2. 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 goat.
(d) The divine leopard.

3. 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.

4. How did the King die in Sogolon's story in Chapter 17?
(a) He choked on a chicken bone.
(b) He drowned on a boating trip.
(c) He was shot by his brother.
(d) He hung himself.

5. In Chapter 10, Tracker recalls the Leopard's words: "The only way forward is" what (327)?
(a) "Over."
(b) "Back."
(c) "Around."
(d) "Through."

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. What is the area of the northwest called in Kongor?

3. Who carried the Leopard from the hut after he had been entranced by the bone dust in Chapter 10?

4. Who is said to have hidden the boy in her womb to save him from the Omoluzu in Chapter 12?

5. What were the glyphs on the writs written in?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Bunshi and what are Tracker's impressions of this character?

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

4. Who is Sasabonsam? Why is this character important in the novel?

5. Where is the Great Hall of Records? How is this setting described?

6. Why did Tracker and the party associate the missing boy with the Omoluzu?

7. What happened to the children in Dolingo?

8. Who is Ekoiye and where did Tracker meet with him?

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

10. How does Sadogo feel about his violent past?

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