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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) Burned down her hut.
(b) Kept her body in the hut.
(c) Brought her body back to her native village.
(d) Buried her in a cemetery plot.

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

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

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

5. What does the word "kali" mean?
(a) Brave.
(b) Strong.
(c) Fierce or bold.
(d) Cowardly.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Elspeth stay during the safari?

2. What did Elspeth sleep on?

3. What did Mrs. Nimmo add to Elspeth's list of required subjects?

4. What did Mr. Roos add to the trap to make it more effective?

5. How many leopards were killed during the hunt?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe how Elspeth viewed the dead leopard.

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

4. Why did the Kikuyu distrust hyenas?

5. Why was Lettice convinced that she brought disaster on her loved ones?

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

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

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

9. Why did Lettice elope with Hereward?

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

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