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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the biggest concern about moving the object in the previous question?
(a) Being attacked by bandits.
(b) Going around a lake.
(c) The weight was too much for the cart.
(d) Crossing the river.

2. What creatures emerged after the rains?
(a) Siafu.
(b) Leopards.
(c) Hyenas.
(d) Pythons.

3. What was the subject of the book given to Elspeth by Robin?
(a) Buffalo Bill.
(b) Wild Bill Hickock.
(c) Johnny Appleseed.
(d) Paul Bunyan.

4. What was a mundu-mago?
(a) A soothsayer.
(b) A hunter.
(c) A chief.
(d) A witch-doctor.

5. Why was Hereward embarrassed around the Kikuyu men?
(a) They were drunk.
(b) They smelled.
(c) They were underdressed.
(d) They were completely naked.

6. At what time did Elspeth's lessons begin in Chapter 20?
(a) 8:30 a.m.
(b) 9:00 a.m.
(c) 6:30 a.m.
(d) 8:00 a.m.

7. What did Ian say the native beer tasted like?
(a) Vinegar.
(b) Sour yeast.
(c) Piss-water.
(d) European beer.

8. What did Mr. Roos add to the trap to make it more effective?
(a) Poison.
(b) A dog.
(c) Fetid meat.
(d) A second goat.

9. What did Mrs. Nimmo add to Elspeth's list of required subjects?
(a) Bible readings.
(b) Local folklore.
(c) Calisthenics.
(d) Life science.

10. Who was blamed for the accident?
(a) Robin.
(b) Sammy.
(c) Njombo.
(d) Kamau.

11. How many unmarried daughters did Robin's Aunt Veronica have?
(a) Three.
(b) Six.
(c) Eight.
(d) Four.

12. Where was Twinkle found?
(a) By the watering hole.
(b) By the river in the reserve.
(c) By the waterfall.
(d) At another village.

13. What was the only common element in the different styles of traps built for leopards?
(a) The use of poison.
(b) The use of goats as bait.
(c) The use of strips of meat as bait.
(d) The digging of a pit.

14. How did Elspeth protect Twinkle?
(a) By praying.
(b) With a charm.
(c) By refusing to let Twinkle wander.
(d) By building a fence.

15. What was the name of the bay horse?
(a) Devil.
(b) Beezlebub.
(c) Satan.
(d) Lucifer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Kupanya claim that Njombo was not one of his men?

2. What did Kamau want the bwana to bring him from Nairobi?

3. What did mission-boys wear as a mark of their status?

4. How many goats did Tilly say the District Commissioner would fine Kupanya if the curse were not lifted?

5. How many princes had been blinded by the Abyssinian emperor?

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