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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 – 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During what game did Tracker's father kill a man?
(a) Mancala.
(b) Bawo.
(c) Ampe.
(d) Kudoda.

2. What literary device is employed in the following sentence from Chapter 1? "Truth eats lies just as the crocodile eats the moon" (12).
(a) Allusion.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Simile.

3. What do you eat during the rights of manhood ritual described by Tracker in Chapter 2?
(a) Durra porridge.
(b) Abarra.
(c) Oba Olushere.
(d) Mingi.

4. The narrator states in Chapter 1, "I am just a man who some have called" what (12)?
(a) "A monster."
(b) "A wolf."
(c) "A beast."
(d) "A leopard."

5. By what name does the witchman in the hut call "the cool and gentle snake" in Chapter 2?
(a) Oba Olushere.
(b) The makala.
(c) The Mingi.
(d) The Abarra.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Tracker use to refer to "a buyer of boys" in Chapter 4?

2. What does the Leopard-man go back to do while Tracker and Kava wait in the bush in Chapter 3?

3. What tree does the witchman take Tracker to in Chapter 2?

4. What is "the official and provider of food. Also stealer" (42) called in Chapter 2?

5. What does Kava call the "master of charms and spells" (42) in the ritual in Chapter 2?

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