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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Elspeth protect Twinkle?
(a) With a charm.
(b) By praying.
(c) By refusing to let Twinkle wander.
(d) By building a fence.

2. How much money did Tilly's sister send her?
(a) Twenty-five pounds.
(b) Thirty pounds.
(c) Fifty pounds.
(d) Ten pounds.

3. What were the villagers sacrificing?
(a) A bull.
(b) A python.
(c) A duiker.
(d) A goat.

4. Where did the python go to put on his bright clothes?
(a) The river.
(b) The waterfall.
(c) A cave.
(d) The mountain.

5. On what had Elspeth cut her hand?
(a) A window.
(b) A blade of sharp grass.
(c) A sharp rock.
(d) A broken bottle.

6. Why did Njombo say it would be bad luck to shoot a python?
(a) The rains would never end.
(b) Hyenas would get the village's goats.
(c) There would be no rain.
(d) The crops would fail.

7. What was the only common element in the different styles of traps built for leopards?
(a) The digging of a pit.
(b) The use of strips of meat as bait.
(c) The use of goats as bait.
(d) The use of poison.

8. How many wives did Sammy already have when he announced he was taking another?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

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

10. What did Tilly diagnose Rohio with?
(a) Bronchitis.
(b) Asthma.
(c) Influenza.
(d) Pneumonia.

11. What did the priests at the Italian mission plant?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Yams.
(d) Beets.

12. Whom did Tilly contact about getting another dog for the Palmers?
(a) Robin.
(b) Kupanya.
(c) Ian Crawfurd.
(d) Roger Stilbeck.

13. How many cattle did Sammy own?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Seventeen.

14. What was special about the animal killed by the hunters in Chapter 12?
(a) It was pregnant.
(b) It was lame.
(c) It was very young.
(d) It was very old.

15. What did Mr. Roos offer to show Elspeth?
(a) A python.
(b) A whydah-bird.
(c) A waterfall.
(d) A boomklop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hereward ask Robin for help in moving?

2. What song did all of the settlers join in singing at the Palmers?

3. What creatures emerged after the rains?

4. What was the roof made of?

5. Where was Twinkle found?

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