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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the roof made of?
(a) Tile.
(b) Slate.
(c) Thatch.
(d) Corrugated iron.

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

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

5. How many goats did Tilly say the District Commissioner would fine Kupanya if the curse were not lifted?
(a) 150.
(b) 80.
(c) 100.
(d) 50.

6. How did Kupanya lift the curse?
(a) He convinced Sammy to lift it.
(b) He convinced Njombo that it was fake.
(c) He hired a shaman.
(d) He hired a wizard.

7. Who accompanied Tilly to Kupanya to discuss the bewitching?
(a) Ian.
(b) Lettice.
(c) Sammy.
(d) Hereward.

8. What did Lettice do during thunderstorms?
(a) Hid in a cupboard or under bedclothes.
(b) Prayed.
(c) Retreated to the cellar.
(d) Went outside because she enjoyed them.

9. What was Sammy's new wife's name?
(a) Shamba.
(b) Kamau.
(c) Kupanya.
(d) Wanjui.

10. 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 poison.
(d) The use of goats as bait.

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

12. What was the name of the bay horse?
(a) Satan.
(b) Beezlebub.
(c) Lucifer.
(d) Devil.

13. What color was Ian's Somali shawl?
(a) Green.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) Brown.

14. What did Mr. Roos add to the trap to make it more effective?
(a) Fetid meat.
(b) A second goat.
(c) A dog.
(d) Poison.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lettice say Hugh suffered from while she was away?

2. At what time did Elspeth's lessons begin in Chapter 20?

3. Why did the priests refuse to help Njombo?

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

5. What had the python eaten?

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