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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 are giants of the mountain lands called in the novel?

2. In what city did Tracker say he was raised in Chapter 8?

3. To whom do Leopard and Tracker take the remaining mingi in Chapter 5?

4. What "wife's poison" (16) does Tracker describe being almost poisoned with by the merchant's wife in Chapter 1?

5. What is "the official and provider of food. Also stealer" (42) called in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is Sangoma and how is she described?

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

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

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

7. How did Tracker first find his way to Ku? Who helped him?

8. Why did Tracker's uncle say that he could not participate in the Zareba?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the settings of Juba and Ku in Black Leopard, Red Wolf. What is Tracker's connection to each of these settings? How do they differ in terms of culture and belief systems? How are they different in population and economy?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the characters of Kava and Mossi in Black Leopard, Red Wolf. In what ways are these characters similar? How are they different? What role does each of these characters have in shaping Tracker's actions, outlook, and motivations?

Essay Topic 3

Outline and discuss the plot structure of Black Leopard, Red Wolf. Where does the inciting incident occur in the text? What takes place in the novel's climax? What information is related to the reader in the falling action and denouement?

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