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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Sixteen through Twenty.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the folktale, what resulted from the chameleon's failure to deliver God's message?
(a) The dry season comes each year.
(b) Humans eventually die.
(c) The moon disappears each month.
(d) The sun sets each day.

2. What was a mundu-mago?
(a) A chief.
(b) A witch-doctor.
(c) A soothsayer.
(d) A hunter.

3. What did Robin pretend to threaten to get Sammy to lift the curse?
(a) His surviving children.
(b) His hut.
(c) His surviving wives.
(d) His cattle.

4. What was the biggest concern about moving the object in the previous question?
(a) The weight was too much for the cart.
(b) Crossing the river.
(c) Being attacked by bandits.
(d) Going around a lake.

5. What was Sammy's new wife's name?
(a) Wanjui.
(b) Kamau.
(c) Kupanya.
(d) Shamba.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ancient story did Crawford use as an example?

2. What natural phenomenon did Mrs. Palmer see in her travels to Scandinavia?

3. Whom did Tilly contact about getting another dog for the Palmers?

4. Why did Kupanya claim that Njombo was not one of his men?

5. What did Mr. Roos add to the trap to make it more effective?

(see the answer key)

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