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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Six through Ten.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What birds did Crawford and Elspeth observe doing a mating ritual?
(a) Whydah.
(b) Ostrich.
(c) Dove.
(d) Eagle.

2. Who had once killed a lion at the meeting place of the two rivers?
(a) Vladimir Lenin.
(b) Theodore Roosevelt.
(c) Woodrow Wilson.
(d) Winston Churchill.

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

4. What did Elspeth receive as a gift at the New Year's party?
(a) A stuffed pythong.
(b) A stuffed chameleon.
(c) A stuffed crocodile.
(d) A stuffed porcupine.

5. What did Robin initially try to use to "break the ice" with the natives?
(a) A sewing machine.
(b) A radio.
(c) A telephone.
(d) A gramaphone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are Elspeth Huxley's eyes?

2. What did most of the farmers do as the New Year came?

3. How was Wilson trying to learn the skills of farming?

4. What did Robin agree to pay for the work?

5. What was Elspeth awakened by after going to bed during the party?

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