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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 old man whisper when Sogolon revealed the name Impundulu in Chapter 17?

2. Who is said to have hidden the boy in her womb to save him from the Omoluzu in Chapter 12?

3. What kind of birds attacked Tracker and the others as they carried the griot to the bush in Chapter 18?

4. What does Tracker say they eat in Kongor?

5. To what did Kwash Dara lose his first brother?

Short Essay Questions

1. What forced the tracking party to flee the Great Hall of Records in Chapter 15?

2. Why were Tracker and Sadogo arrested and detained in Kongor? For how long were they held?

3. Who is Bunshi and what are Tracker's impressions of this character?

4. Who is Sasabonsam? Why is this character important in the novel?

5. Why was Tracker instructed not to sleep in the night in Chapter 16?

6. What are griots and why are they important in the story?

7. What did the tracking party discover about Fumanguru's writs in Chapter 15?

8. How is Mossi described? What were Tracker's first impressions of him?

9. How is the buffalo described and why did it join the tracking party?

10. How are Kongori perceptions of magic different than those of the other settings in the novel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of identity in Black Leopard, Red Wolf. How does Tracker's sense of identity change as he leaves his home and sets out to discover the world? How do his experiences in Ku affect his sense of self? How does this theme relate to the missing boy?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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