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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. Where did the Aesi tell Lissisolo she would be sent the following day after she learned her husband and children were dead in Chapter 17?
2. Where did Tracker and Sadogo determine the boy and his captors were after passing from Ngiki, in Chapter 18?
3. Who is described as the grass troll that sucks the life out of bodies, draining them to a husk, in Chapter 17?
4. In Chapter 14, Tracker says, "Every road an Ogo takes lands him in" where (420)?
5. What did the lord describe eating the moon in the sky when Tracker's party arrived at his home in Chapter 17?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Mossi explain his reasoning for joining the tracking party in Chapter 16?
2. How is the buffalo described and why did it join the tracking party?
3. How are Kongori perceptions of magic different than those of the other settings in the novel?
4. What is the Darklands and how is it described?
5. Where is Kongor and how is it described?
6. What is Impundulu? How is this creature described?
7. Who is Lissisolo and how does this character play into the plot of the novel?
8. Who is Ekoiye and where did Tracker meet with him?
9. What did the tracking party discover about Fumanguru's writs in Chapter 15?
10. Where is the Great Hall of Records? How is this setting described?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 3
Discuss the settings of Kongor and Dolingo in Black Leopard, Red Wolf. How are these settings similar? What is valued above all else among the communities in these settings? What dangers do the protagonists face in each setting?
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