Question: Chapter XV. 

Return to the Congo Mouth. 



In the evening there was a palaver. 

I need hardly say that my guide, after being paid to show me Nsundi, never had the slightest intention to go beyond the Yellala. Irritated by sleeping in the open air, and by the total want of hospitality amongst the bushmen, he and his moleques had sat apart all day, the picture of stubborn discontent, and 

"Not a man in the place But had discontent written large in his face." 

I proposed to send back a party for rum, powder, and cloth to the extent of £150, or half the demand, and my factotum, Selim, behaved like a trump. Gidi Mavunga, quite beyond self-control, sprang up, and declared that, if the Mundele would not follow him, that obstinate person might remain behind. The normal official deprecation, as usual, made him the more headstrong; he rushed off and disappeared in the bush, followed by a part of his slaves, the others crying aloud to him, "Wenda!"-- get out! Seeing that the three linguisters did not move, he presently returned, and after a furious address in Fiote began a Portuguese tirade for my benefit. This white man had come to their country, and, instead of buying captives, was bent upon enslaving their Mfumos; but that "Branco" should suffer for his attempt; no "Mukanda" or book (that is, letter) should go down stream; all his goods belonged of right to his guide, and thus he would learn to sit upon the heads of the noblesse, with much of the same kind.  1. What did the narrator want to send back a party for?
2. And what else?
3. And anything else?
4. Where was the guide paid to show the narrator?
5. What did he have not intention of going beyond?
6. What was one of the things that irritated him?
7. And what else?
8. So where did he and the moleques sit?
9. Who was beyond self control and jumped up?
10. Where did he disappear to then?
11. Who followed him?
12. Who started a tirade in Portuguese?
13. Instead of buying captives, what was the white man bent upon?
14. What chapter is this?
15. What is the title of the passage?
16. What was there in the evening?
17. Who did Gidi Mavunga think might follow him?
18. What did some of the slaves cry out to him?
19. How many linguisters were there?
20. What is "Mukanda" ? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. rum
2. powder
3. cloth to the extent of £150
4. Nsundi
5. Yellala
6. sleeping in the open air
7. by the total want of hospitality amongst the bushmen
8. apart
9. Gidi Mavunga
10. in the bush
11. a part of his slaves
12. Gidi Mavunga,
13. enslaving their Mfumos
14. XV
15. Return to the Congo Mouth.
16. a palaver.
17. Mundele
18. Wenda!"-- get out
19. three
20. book


Question: Chapter Twenty-One 

The Wizard Finds an Enchantment 

After Kaliko had failed in his attempts to destroy his guests, as has been related, the Nome King did nothing more to injure them but treated them in a friendly manner. He refused, however, to permit Inga to see or to speak with his father and mother, or even to know in what part of the underground caverns they were confined. 

"You are able to protect your lives and persons, I freely admit," said Kaliko; "but I firmly believe you have no power, either of magic or otherwise, to take from me the captives I have agreed to keep for King Gos." 

Inga would not agree to this. He determined not to leave the caverns until he had liberated his father and mother, although he did not then know how that could be accomplished. As for Rinkitink, the jolly King was well fed and had a good bed to sleep upon, so he was not worrying about anything and seemed in no hurry to go away. 

Kaliko and Rinkitink were engaged in pitching a game with solid gold quoits, on the floor of the royal chamber, and Inga and Bilbil were watching them, when Klik came running in, his hair standing on end with excitement, and cried out that the Wizard of Oz and Dorothy were approaching. 

Kaliko turned pale on hearing this unwelcome news and, abandoning his game, went to sit in his ivory throne and try to think what had brought these fearful visitors to his domain.  1. Who was kind to someone?
2. Who was he kind to?
3. Had they been harmed?
4. Had someone tried to do so?
5. Who?
6. Is Kaliko also known as the Nome King?
7. Was anyone being detained?
8. Where?
9. Who were they being held for?
10. Was Inga able to see his family?
11. Did he know where they were?
12. Who was there with Inga?
13. Was he hungry?
14. Did he play a game with Inga?
15. Who did he play one with?
16. What kind?
17. Did everyone ignore them?
18. Why did the game end?
19. Who brought it?
20. What was it? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. the Nome King
2. Kaliko's guests
3. no
4. yes
5. Kaliko
6. yes
7. yes
8. part of the underground caverns
9. King Gos
10. no
11. no
12. Rinkitink
13. no
14. no
15. Kaliko
16. a game with solid gold quoits
17. no
18. because of unwelcome news
19. Klik
20. the Wizard of Oz and Dorothy were approaching