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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of chickens did Tilly bring from England?
(a) Speckled Essex.
(b) Speckled Sussex.
(c) Rhode Island Reds.
(d) Bantams.

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

3. How long did Sammy stay at Fort Hall?
(a) Almost a month.
(b) Almost a week.
(c) Almost a full season.
(d) Almost a year.

4. What animals did Robin have a hard time handling?
(a) Chickens.
(b) Buffaloes.
(c) Pigs.
(d) Oxen.

5. What creatures did Crawford say were shy?
(a) Doves.
(b) Pythons.
(c) Eagles.
(d) Cobras.

6. What animal did Crawford "assign" to Mr. Palmer?
(a) A python.
(b) An ostrich.
(c) A duiker.
(d) A giraffe.

7. Where was the District Commissioner located?
(a) Fort Smith.
(b) Fort Hall.
(c) Fort Mitchell.
(d) Fort Carter.

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

9. What natural phenomenon did Mrs. Palmer see in her travels to Scandinavia?
(a) A total solar eclipse.
(b) A comet.
(c) A total lunar eclipse.
(d) The aurora borealis.

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

11. How long did it take the workers to build their own huts?
(a) One week.
(b) Six days.
(c) Five days.
(d) Two days.

12. What was the murder victim's name?
(a) Rohio.
(b) Kimani.
(c) Njombo.
(d) Kavirondo.

13. Why did Mr. Roos kick Sammy?
(a) Sammy ignored an order.
(b) Sammy yelled at Mr. Roos.
(c) Sammy went home.
(d) Sammy stole money.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was given the nickname Bad Hat?

2. What did Elspeth say she wanted more than anything?

3. What kind of dogs did the Palmers bring to Africa?

4. In what year was the Huxley family heading to Thika?

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

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