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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

4. How many leopards were killed during the hunt?
(a) Three.
(b) None.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the District Commissioner appoint as village "chief"?

2. What did the priests at the Italian mission plant?

3. What were the villagers sacrificing?

4. What creatures emerged after the rains?

5. What had the python eaten?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Europeans view the difference between a bribe and a tip?

2. How did Elspeth use the imagery of the kitchen beaters to convey the sense that Europeans and Africans were living in parallel worlds?

3. How did Elspeth view the planned hunt versus the actual hunt?

4. Describe how Elspeth viewed the dead leopard.

5. Why did Lettice elope with Hereward?

6. Why were the other adults so upset at Mr. Roos for trapping the leopard?

7. How did Ian justify the brutality of the Abyssinian leaders he encountered before coming to Africa?

8. Why did the District Commissioner find it difficult to keep locals out of the prison?

9. What did Tilly think was the ultimate reason for the Europeans to be in Africa?

10. How did the Kikuyu and Masai differ in their approaches to hunting?

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