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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Tracker send the Prince in Kalindar's first servant back with, as he had foul manners, according to the narrative in Chapter 6?
(a) 2 missing fingers.
(b) A shaved head.
(c) A missing hand.
(d) A missing foot.

2. What did the Itaki appear as when Tracker and the King passed back to the world of the living?
(a) An old crone.
(b) A tiger.
(c) A little girl.
(d) A snake.

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

4. What did the slaver do to the black slave who had lain with the red slave in the end of Chapter 6?
(a) He had him beheaded.
(b) He had him shot.
(c) He had him drowned.
(d) He had him castrated.

5. Who led the party that killed the mingi in Chapter 5?
(a) Tracker's uncle.
(b) The Luala Luala.
(c) The Juba warriors.
(d) The Gangatom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kava say killed his family?

2. What did Tracker's uncle tell him about his father in Chapter 2?

3. How long did the slaver give Tracker to decide whether to join the mission to look for the boy in Chapter 7?

4. How many cowries does Tracker describe his mother giving him when he left home in Chapter 1?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Leopard and Tracker do with the lightning woman in Chapter 7?

2. What is "Zareba" and how is it described?

3. Who is Sangoma and how is she described?

4. What did Tracker, Leopard, and Kava discover when they returned to Sangoma's after killing Asanbosam?

5. What are the Omoluzu? How are they described?

6. What did Tracker observe at the ritual with the newly born "men and women" with Kava in Chapter 1? Why did they run away?

7. What is a frame narrative and how does this term apply to Black Leopard, Red Wolf?

8. Who set up the search party for the boy? How many comprised the search party?

9. How did Tracker first find his way to Ku? Who helped him?

10. How is Sadogo's appearance described when he first appears in Chapter 8?

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