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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 tree does the witchman take Tracker to in Chapter 2?
2. How many people has the slaver commissioned to find his son (when he first goes missing) in Chapter 6?
3. What do you eat during the rights of manhood ritual described by Tracker in Chapter 2?
4. In what city did Tracker say he was raised in Chapter 8?
5. What does Tracker say his back suffered beatings from at the hands of the guards after reading the witness report in Chapter 6?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Tracker go to Monono? What did he retrieve there?
2. What is "Zareba" and how is it described?
3. How did Tracker become involved in the first quest for the boy?
4. What is a frame narrative and how does this term apply to Black Leopard, Red Wolf?
5. What foreshadowing is established in the opening lines of the novel? Why is this important?
6. Why did Tracker's uncle say that he could not participate in the Zareba?
7. Where did Tracker meet Leopard? What were his first impressions of him?
8. How did Tracker meet Nyka?
9. What did Tracker learn about his father while in Ku?
10. Who set up the search party for the boy? How many comprised the search party?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the language style of Black Leopard, Red Wolf. How would you describe the author's prose? How would you characterize the dialogue in the narrative? Did you find the book easy to understand? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Describe and discuss the narrative style of Black Leopard, Red Wolf. Who is the primary narrator of the story? What is a frame device and how is this employed in the narrative? Is the narrative related in a linear or nonlinear fashion? How do these choices affect the reader?
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