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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. What did the slaver do to the black slave who had lain with the red slave in the end of Chapter 6?

2. How often did Tracker's uncle tell him his people celebrate death and rebirth in Chapter 2?

3. By what name does Tracker address his audience in the narrative?

4. What is the name of the tall woman who was with the slaver in his meeting with Tracker and Leopard in Chapter 8?

5. What name does Leopard say he took as a man in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Where did Tracker meet Leopard? What were his first impressions of him?

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

6. Why did Tracker kill his uncle? What did he do with his uncle's head?

7. Why did Tracker go to Monono? What did he retrieve there?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of misogyny and the depictions of female characters in Black Leopard, Red Wolf. Is Tracker a misogynist character? Why or why not? Do you think that the author develops fully fleshed-out female characters in the novel?

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

Describe and discuss the mythological influences in Black Leopard, Red Wolf. What characters and/or settings are derived from African culture, folklore, and history? Why has the author chosen to base his novel on a fantasy world set in Africa? How does this make the novel stand out?

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