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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. How many wives did Sammy already have when he announced he was taking another?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

2. What had the python eaten?
(a) A goat.
(b) A hyena.
(c) A dikdik.
(d) A baby.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What natural phenomenon did Tilly and Ian comment on at the end of Chapter 12?

2. How much money did Tilly's sister send her?

3. What song did all of the settlers join in singing at the Palmers?

4. What was a mundu-mago?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How did the other Europeans and the Kikuyu feel about the Italian priests at the mission?

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

8. Why did the Kikuyu distrust hyenas?

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

10. How did Ian describe Ahmed's people (Somalis), whom he had lived among before coming to Africa?

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