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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Robin pretend to threaten to get Sammy to lift the curse?
(a) His cattle.
(b) His surviving children.
(c) His hut.
(d) His surviving wives.

4. What was the rumor about Lettice's marriage to an older man at 18?
(a) The man had threatened her family.
(b) She had been pregnant.
(c) Her father lost her in a card game.
(d) Her father gave her away to advance in business.

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

6. What animal did Elspeth worry would attack her pony, Twinkle?
(a) A hyena.
(b) A python.
(c) A duiker.
(d) A leopard.

7. Where did Lettice sometimes talk of moving to?
(a) London.
(b) Edinburgh.
(c) Dover.
(d) Yorkshire.

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

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

10. What was Robin told would make a good gift for the new couple?
(a) A duiker.
(b) A bullock.
(c) A goat.
(d) A horse.

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

12. What did Kamau want the bwana to bring him from Nairobi?
(a) A blanket.
(b) A piano.
(c) A watch.
(d) A book.

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mr. Roos offer to show Elspeth?

2. With whom did Elspeth stay during the safari?

3. What did Elspeth sleep on?

4. What did the first trap catch?

5. What finally convinced Kupanya to "lift the curse"?

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