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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 offer to show Elspeth?
(a) A whydah-bird.
(b) A boomklop.
(c) A waterfall.
(d) A python.

2. What was Sammy's new wife's name?
(a) Wanjui.
(b) Shamba.
(c) Kupanya.
(d) Kamau.

3. How many unmarried daughters did Robin's Aunt Veronica have?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Eight.
(d) Six.

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

5. What color was Ian's Somali shawl?
(a) Brown.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Green.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many princes had been blinded by the Abyssinian emperor?

2. What did Elspeth sleep on?

3. Why did Kupanya claim that Njombo was not one of his men?

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

5. Where was the leopard tracked to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the Kikuyu distrust hyenas?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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