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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Kwash Dara's father?
(a) Kudoda.
(b) Kwesi.
(c) Kwash Netu.
(d) Oba Olushere.

2. What does Kava call the "master of charms and spells" (42) in the ritual in Chapter 2?
(a) The makala.
(b) Oba Olushere.
(c) The bumbangi.
(d) The Yumbo.

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

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

5. What tree does the witchman take Tracker to in Chapter 2?
(a) The monkeybread tree.
(b) The saugage tree.
(c) The sorghum tree.
(d) The palm tree.

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

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

8. How long did the second search for the boy from Malakal last, according to the witness narrative in Chapter 6?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 3 years.

9. 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 makala.
(b) The Mingi.
(c) Oba Olushere.
(d) The Abarra.

10. What does Tracker's uncle tell him it is too late for him to have done?
(a) Rite of marriage.
(b) Circumcision.
(c) Tribal tattooing.
(d) Tribal branding.

11. How did the missing boy's parents die, according to the slaver in Chapter 8?
(a) From river sickness.
(b) From drowning.
(c) From night sickness.
(d) From a tiger attack.

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

13. What are the good fairies of the leaves called that Kava speaks to in Chapter 3?
(a) Basha.
(b) Mingi.
(c) Oba Olushere.
(d) Yumboes.

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

15. What are the rights of manhood called by the villagers that take Tracker in Chapter 2?
(a) The Zareba.
(b) The Abarra.
(c) The Mingi.
(d) Oba Olushere.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many people has the slaver commissioned to find his son (when he first goes missing) in Chapter 6?

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

4. What animal did Tracker watch Leopard kill on the 28th night away from the Ku in Chapter 4?

5. What do you eat during the rights of manhood ritual described by Tracker in Chapter 2?

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