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

2. How many spare rooms did the Palmer's stone bungalow have?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

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

4. What animals did the Huxley family take with them to Africa?
(a) Pullets.
(b) Ducks.
(c) Cats.
(d) Dogs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had once killed a lion at the meeting place of the two rivers?

2. Why did Mr. Roos kick Sammy?

3. How many princes had been blinded by the Abyssinian emperor?

4. What was the roof made of?

5. What creatures did Crawford say were shy?

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