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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. How long did the slaver give Tracker to decide whether to join the mission to look for the boy in Chapter 7?

2. During what game did Tracker's father kill a man?

3. What are all of the children called in the enchanted forest who have been saved by the Leopard-man?

4. By what name does the witchman in the hut call "the cool and gentle snake" in Chapter 2?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the Itaki and how is it described?

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

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

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

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

8. When and where was the boy stolen from according to the slaver in Chapter 8?

9. How is Sogolon's appearance described in Chapter 8?

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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