View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did the first trap catch?
(a) A hyena.
(b) A python.
(c) A goat.
(d) A leopard.

4. What did the leopard do to the Palmers?
(a) Knocked down fencing.
(b) Destroyed part of the house.
(c) Ate one of their dogs.
(d) Ate several of their goats.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Twinkle found?

2. What was Sammy's new wife's name?

3. Where did Lettice sometimes talk of moving to?

4. What was the only common element in the different styles of traps built for leopards?

5. How did Kupanya lift the curse?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Kikuyu do to preserve memories of the dead?

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

3. In what ways did Elspeth find the siafu (warrior ants) the most frightening and mysterious of Africa's creatures?

4. How did Lettice Palmer view Hereward's desperate attempts to impose discipline on his workers?

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

6. Why were the villagers so concerned about the python near the village?

7. Why did the Kikuyu distrust hyenas?

8. How did the Kikuyu deal with the suffering of animals?

9. Why were Tilly and Lettice suspicious of Mr. Roos' behavior toward Elspeth?

10. Why did Hereward express a willingness to die in a violent storm?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 929 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample