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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 many people has the slaver commissioned to find his son (when he first goes missing) in Chapter 6?

2. For how long does the narrator say Kava and Leopard have been saving children in Chapter 4?

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

4. Where did Tracker move after leaving the capital city of the North in Chapter 5?

5. What does Tracker's uncle say built and then left behind the house where his grandmother lives in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is a frame narrative and how does this term apply to Black Leopard, Red Wolf?

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

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

Describe and discuss three examples of imagery in Black Leopard, Red Wolf. How does the author employ onomatopoeia in the narrative and to what effects? What are examples of direct metaphors in the novel? What similes are used and how do these examples help the reader to gain a visceral grasp of the scene(s)?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of political unrest in Black Leopard, Red Wolf. What has led to the political unrest between the different kingdoms that are described in the story? How does this political unrest evolve? How does the political unrest relate to Tracker's quest?

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