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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters One through Five.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What eventually attracted the attention of the natives?
(a) The piano.
(b) The sewing machine.
(c) The gramaphone.
(d) The lamp.

2. What are siafu?
(a) Warrior ants.
(b) Mosquitoes.
(c) Tse-tse flies.
(d) Termites.

3. What building material did Njombo refuse to use?
(a) Wooden boards.
(b) Cement.
(c) Bricks.
(d) Iron nails.

4. What did the author refer to as "that sovereign remedy for almost everything"?
(a) Epsom salts.
(b) Cod-liver oil.
(c) Turpentine.
(d) Ether.

5. How many acres of land did Robin buy from Roger Stilbeck?
(a) 300.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 700.
(d) 500.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Robin initially try to use to "break the ice" with the natives?

2. Who was given the nickname Bad Hat?

3. What was Randall Smith's nationality?

4. Why were the Orams leaving Ruiri?

5. About how many miles a day could the oxen handle?

(see the answer key)

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