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

2. What did Hereward ask Robin for help in moving?
(a) A piano.
(b) An armoir.
(c) A harpsichord.
(d) A cello.

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

4. What was special about the animal killed by the hunters in Chapter 12?
(a) It was very young.
(b) It was pregnant.
(c) It was lame.
(d) It was very old.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ian say the native beer tasted like?

2. What does the word "kali" mean?

3. To what kind of fish did Elspeth compare the men lounging in the shade in the middle of the day?

4. What happened to the leopard caught in the trap?

5. What color was Ian's Somali shawl?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Robin agree with the Italian priests in their refusal to baptize or help Njombo?

3. Describe how Elspeth viewed the dead leopard.

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

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

6. How did the Palmer's house differ from the Huxley's residence?

7. How did the adults try to comfort Elspeth when she could not go on the safari, and did it work?

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

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

10. Why did Lettice elope with Hereward?

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