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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Tracker accuse of trying to cook the Inquisitor in Chapter 6?

2. How did Tracker kill Kava?

3. Who shot the woman with an arrow who was charged with lightning in Chapter 7?

4. What does Kava call the "master of charms and spells" (42) in the ritual in Chapter 2?

5. What did the Itaki appear as when Tracker and the King passed back to the world of the living?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Tracker's uncle explain the reasoning behind male and female circumcision?

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

4. What foreshadowing is established in the opening lines of the novel? Why is this important?

5. How did Tracker become involved in the first quest for the boy?

6. Who is Fumeli? What were Tracker's first impressions of him?

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

8. Where did Tracker grow up? Why did he leave home?

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

10. How did Tracker meet Nyka?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss three examples of irony from Black Leopard, Red Wolf. What verbal irony is employed in the novel? What is one example of situational irony? How does dramatic irony come into play? What is the purpose of each example?

Essay Topic 2

Identify and discuss three examples of symbolism in Black Leopard, Red Wolf. What is the object, character, or setting representative of? How is this symbolism made apparent to the reader? How does the symbolism connect to the novel's themes?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the graphic nature of Black Leopard, Red Wolf. What were your impressions of the violence that appears in this novel? How did the graphic depictions of sexual acts (both violent and nonviolent) affect you as a reader? Do you think that the graphic nature of this novel is necessary in order to convey its mood, plot, and themes? Why or why not?

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