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

4. What was the biggest concern about moving the object in the previous question?
(a) Crossing the river.
(b) Being attacked by bandits.
(c) The weight was too much for the cart.
(d) Going around a lake.

5. What happened to the leopard caught in the trap?
(a) It was injured, but escaped.
(b) It was killed instantly.
(c) It escaped without injury.
(d) It was trapped but still alive.

6. What did the villagers do after Sammy's new wife died?
(a) Brought her body back to her native village.
(b) Kept her body in the hut.
(c) Burned down her hut.
(d) Buried her in a cemetery plot.

7. Who was injured in the blasting cap accident?
(a) Sammy's son.
(b) Njombo.
(c) Sammy.
(d) Sammy's wife.

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

9. What natural phenomenon did Tilly and Ian comment on at the end of Chapter 12?
(a) An approaching storm.
(b) The sunrise.
(c) A river.
(d) The sunset.

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

11. What did Ian say the native beer tasted like?
(a) Piss-water.
(b) European beer.
(c) Sour yeast.
(d) Vinegar.

12. What was the subject of the book given to Elspeth by Robin?
(a) Paul Bunyan.
(b) Wild Bill Hickock.
(c) Johnny Appleseed.
(d) Buffalo Bill.

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

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

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