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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Kwash Dara say Lissisolo's husband and children died in Chapter 17?
(a) In a house fire.
(b) From night sickness.
(c) From river sickness.
(d) From air sickness.

2. How many rooms does Tracker describe comprising the lord's house where the party arrived in Chapter 17?
(a) 2.
(b) 13.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

3. In order for a witch to summon Omoluzu, what must be thrown against the ceiling, according to Mossi in Chapter 16?
(a) The blood of woman or man.
(b) The firstborn child of a woman.
(c) Bone dust.
(d) The excrement of woman or man.

4. How is the giggle described that Tracker heard when he looked at Gangatom on the map in Chapter 18?
(a) Blue and smoky.
(b) Red and pained.
(c) Dark and sinister.
(d) Evil and hungry.

5. To what did Kwash Dara lose his first brother?
(a) Plague.
(b) Drowning.
(c) Fire.
(d) Lightning.

6. Who carried the Leopard from the hut after he had been entranced by the bone dust in Chapter 10?
(a) Sadogo.
(b) The makala.
(c) Nsaka Ne Vampi.
(d) Ewele.

7. For how long did Mossi say he had lived in Kongor in Chapter 16?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 16 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 2 years.

8. What word in Chapter 18 refers to a West African musical instrument shaped like a lute, with 21 strings?
(a) Ampe.
(b) Bawo.
(c) Kora.
(d) Kudoda.

9. How many killings did Sadogo tell Tracker about as they journeyed in Chapter 14?
(a) 364.
(b) 15.
(c) 271.
(d) 26.

10. Who carried Fumeli from the hut after he had been enchanted by the bone dust in Chapter 10?
(a) Ewele.
(b) The makala.
(c) Tracker.
(d) Nsaka Ne Vampi.

11. For how long does the old man say Impundulu and his party have been using the ten and nine doors in Chapter 17?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 6 weeks.
(d) 6 years.

12. What kind of birds attacked Tracker and the others as they carried the griot to the bush in Chapter 18?
(a) Eagles.
(b) Starlings.
(c) Hornbills.
(d) Albatross.

13. What did Ekoiye blow in Tracker's face on the roof in Chapter 11?
(a) Asp powder.
(b) Talcum powder.
(c) Kohl dust.
(d) Bone dust.

14. What does Tracker say they eat in Kongor?
(a) Chickens.
(b) Turkeys.
(c) Crocodiles.
(d) Goat.

15. What is the name of the mountain seven days west of Fasisis and north of Juba?
(a) Ewele.
(b) Mantha.
(c) Dolingo.
(d) Amadu Kasawura.

Short Answer Questions

1. What birds did Sogolon send as messengers to announce the group's coming visit to the Queen of Dolingo in Chapter 17?

2. Who was supposed to succeed to the thronedom based on history, according to Sogolon in Chapter 17?

3. How old is an Ogo when "the Ogo becomes the monster the gods fated him to become" (416)?

4. What did Sadogo say Impundulu once tried to do to him in Chapter 18?

5. Behind whom does the Aesi stand, according to Tracker in Chapter 17?

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