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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 - 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kava say killed his family?
(a) Omoluzu.
(b) Night sickness.
(c) River sickness.
(d) Mingi.

2. What is the name of the creature that is said "comes to you like someone you know, with everything but a tongue" (34)?
(a) The Mingi.
(b) The makala.
(c) The Abarra.
(d) Oba Olushere.

3. What word does Tracker use to refer to "a buyer of boys" in Chapter 4?
(a) Mingi.
(b) Yumbo.
(c) Basha.
(d) Zareba.

4. At what inn did Tracker meet Leopard after they had not seen one another in years in Chapter 5?
(a) Abarra Inn.
(b) Fasisi Inn.
(c) Kulikulo Inn.
(d) Luala Luala Inn.

5. What are all of the children called in the enchanted forest who have been saved by the Leopard-man?
(a) Mingi.
(b) Basha.
(c) Yumboes.
(d) Ampe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What "wife's poison" (16) does Tracker describe being almost poisoned with by the merchant's wife in Chapter 1?

2. What kind of eye did Leopard say Tracker had in replacement of his own in Chapter 6?

3. What are the good fairies of the leaves called that Kava speaks to in Chapter 3?

4. What animals have emerged to attack the mingi in Chapter 5?

5. For how long does the narrator say Kava and Leopard have been saving children in Chapter 4?

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