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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Tracker kill Kava?
(a) He stabbed him in the neck.
(b) He cut out his heart.
(c) He pushed him off a cliff.
(d) He lit his house on fire.

2. What name does Leopard say he took as a man in Chapter 6?
(a) Kwesi.
(b) Oba Olushere.
(c) Kudoda.
(d) Ampe.

3. 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) Simile.
(d) Metaphor.

4. What did Kava do to make the hippopotamus slink away in Chapter 3?
(a) He slapped it.
(b) He kicked it.
(c) He hissed at it.
(d) He whistled at it.

5. How many cowries does Tracker describe his mother giving him when he left home in Chapter 1?
(a) 10.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 20.

6. What animals have emerged to attack the mingi in Chapter 5?
(a) Rhinos.
(b) Lions.
(c) Tigers.
(d) Hyenas.

7. In the first search for the boy, how many moons passed before he was found, according to the written witness narrative in Chapter 6?
(a) 2.
(b) 14.
(c) 7.
(d) 10.

8. What is the capital city of the North where Tracker found many jobs working to track people, according to the narrative in Chapter 5?
(a) Luala Luala.
(b) Ku.
(c) Dolingo.
(d) Fasisi.

9. Where did Tracker take up residence in the years between the first and second searches for the boy from Malakal, according to the witness narrative in Chapter 6?
(a) Fasisi.
(b) Kongor.
(c) Dolingo.
(d) Mitu.

10. What is "the official and provider of food. Also stealer" (42) called in Chapter 2?
(a) Oba Olushere.
(b) The makala.
(c) The bumbangi.
(d) The Yumbo.

11. Who is the man who commissioned trackers to find his son?
(a) Kwash Netu.
(b) Kudoda.
(c) Kwesi.
(d) Amadu Kasawura.

12. What does Tracker's uncle say built and then left behind the house where his grandmother lives in Chapter 2?
(a) Large ants.
(b) Large bats.
(c) Large snakes.
(d) Large birds.

13. Who does Tracker accuse of trying to cook the Inquisitor in Chapter 6?
(a) His mother.
(b) His son.
(c) His 10-year-old wife.
(d) His eldest sister.

14. How long did the slaver give Tracker to decide whether to join the mission to look for the boy in Chapter 7?
(a) 8 days.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 2 days.

15. Who shot the woman with an arrow who was charged with lightning in Chapter 7?
(a) Zareba.
(b) Kwesi.
(c) Kudoda.
(d) Fumeli.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what game did Tracker's father kill a man?

2. What did Tracker's father demand to drink from his wife, then abusing her, in Chapter 1?

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

4. The narrator states in Chapter 1, "I am just a man who some have called" what (12)?

5. Who was the eldest son of King Kwash Liongo?

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