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

3. What had the python eaten?
(a) A goat.
(b) A dikdik.
(c) A baby.
(d) A hyena.

4. Why was Hereward embarrassed around the Kikuyu men?
(a) They smelled.
(b) They were underdressed.
(c) They were completely naked.
(d) They were drunk.

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

6. Who was blamed for the accident?
(a) Robin.
(b) Njombo.
(c) Sammy.
(d) Kamau.

7. With whom did Elspeth stay during the safari?
(a) Njombo.
(b) Mrs. Nimmo.
(c) Tilly.
(d) The Crawfords.

8. Where was the leopard tracked to?
(a) A waterfall.
(b) The plains.
(c) The bank of the river.
(d) Another village.

9. What song did all of the settlers join in singing at the Palmers?
(a) Ring Around the Roses.
(b) Alouette.
(c) London Bridge.
(d) God Save the Queen.

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

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

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

13. What special item did Lettice Palmer provide for her two dogs?
(a) Cushions.
(b) Separate dog runs.
(c) Separate kennels.
(d) Silver food bowls.

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

15. Why did Kupanya claim that Njombo was not one of his men?
(a) Because he had violated village rules.
(b) Because he worked for Europeans.
(c) Because he was Masai.
(d) Because he had become Christian.