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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 rooms does Tracker describe comprising the lord's house where the party arrived in Chapter 17?

2. What is the quarter of Kongor called that housed "free people and slaves both laboring for masters" (357)?

3. How many children did Lissisolo have in seven years after marrying a Prince?

4. What did Sadogo say Impundulu once tried to do to him in Chapter 18?

5. How did Kwash Dara say Lissisolo's husband and children died in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to the children in Dolingo?

2. How did Mossi explain his reasoning for joining the tracking party in Chapter 16?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Where did Mossi lead Tracker to keep him awake in Chapter 16?

9. Where is the Great Hall of Records? How is this setting described?

10. Why did Tracker and the party associate the missing boy with the Omoluzu?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the graphic nature of Black Leopard, Red Wolf. What were your impressions of the violence that appears in this novel? How did the graphic depictions of sexual acts (both violent and nonviolent) affect you as a reader? Do you think that the graphic nature of this novel is necessary in order to convey its mood, plot, and themes? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the character of Leopard in Black Leopard, Red Wolf. Where and how does Tracker meet Leopard? How would you characterize their relationship? How does that relationship evolve in the course of the narrative?

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