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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. For how long did the boy stay with Fumanguru after he was sent there, according to Sogolon's story in Chapter 17?
(a) 12 moons.
(b) 9 moons.
(c) 5 moons.
(d) 3 moons.

3. Where did the Aesi tell Lissisolo she would be sent the following day after she learned her husband and children were dead in Chapter 17?
(a) To Fasisi.
(b) To Dolingo.
(c) To the divine sisterhood.
(d) To the Gallunkobe/Matyube quarter.

4. How old is an Ogo when "the Ogo becomes the monster the gods fated him to become" (416)?
(a) 19.
(b) 13.
(c) 21.
(d) 15.

5. What did Sadogo say Impundulu once tried to do to him in Chapter 18?
(a) Cut off his head.
(b) Cut out his heart.
(c) Cut off his genitals.
(d) Throw in into fire.

6. Why did Sogolon say the South kings get madder and madder over time in Chapter 17?
(a) They drink palm wine.
(b) They commit incest.
(c) They eat badly.
(d) They work black magic.

7. How is Sogolon's dress described in Chapter 11?
(a) Blue cotton.
(b) Brown leather.
(c) Black silk.
(d) Red silk.

8. Where did Tracker and Sadogo determine the boy and his captors were after passing from Ngiki, in Chapter 18?
(a) Fasisi.
(b) Wakadishu.
(c) Dolingo.
(d) The Nyembe quarter.

9. What is the name used for he who "makes the costume... a knower of beauty" (398) for Bingingun?
(a) The bumbangi.
(b) The makala.
(c) The amewa.
(d) The Abarra.

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

11. What word from Chapter 18 refers to a loose hooded cloak, typically woolen, of a kind traditionally worn by Arabs?
(a) Kwesi.
(b) Djellaba.
(c) Bawo.
(d) Kudoda.

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

13. Who is described in Chapter 10 as "red and hairy, whose black eyes were small as seeds, and who hopped like a frog" (327)?
(a) Egbere.
(b) Nsaka Ne Vampi.
(c) Kwesi.
(d) Ewele.

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

15. How did the King die in Sogolon's story in Chapter 17?
(a) He choked on a chicken bone.
(b) He was shot by his brother.
(c) He hung himself.
(d) He drowned on a boating trip.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the man pay to buy Sadogo from his father?

2. How did Kwash Dara say Lissisolo's husband and children died in Chapter 17?

3. What did Kwash Dara have dumped on the banquet table during the feast celebrating his one year's reign in Chapter 17?

4. What did the lord describe eating the moon in the sky when Tracker's party arrived at his home in Chapter 17?

5. What did Tracker call Sadogo in order to get him angry enough to overcome the bone dust in Chapter 10?

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