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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 Mr. Roos add to the trap to make it more effective?
(a) Poison.
(b) A dog.
(c) Fetid meat.
(d) A second goat.

2. What was Elspeth expected to memorize while the adults were on safari?
(a) The kings of England.
(b) The colonial holdings of England.
(c) The counties of England.
(d) The Prime Ministers of England.

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

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 very old.
(d) It was lame.

5. What was a mundu-mago?
(a) A soothsayer.
(b) A hunter.
(c) A chief.
(d) A witch-doctor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What finally convinced Kupanya to "lift the curse"?

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

4. Whom did Tilly contact about getting another dog for the Palmers?

5. How many spare rooms did the Palmer's stone bungalow have?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why did the Kikuyu distrust hyenas?

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

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

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

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