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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 Sogolon tell Lissisolo to send her son for protection after he was born to the second Prince she married?
2. In Chapter 14, Tracker says, "Every road an Ogo takes lands him in" where (420)?
3. Who is the prefect of the Kongori army that questioned Tracker and Sadogo in Chapter 13?
4. How many rooms does Tracker describe comprising the lord's house where the party arrived in Chapter 17?
5. What word from Chapter 18 refers to a loose hooded cloak, typically woolen, of a kind traditionally worn by Arabs?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happened to the children in Dolingo?
2. What are griots and why are they important in the story?
3. Why were Tracker and Sadogo arrested and detained in Kongor? For how long were they held?
4. What is the Darklands and how is it described?
5. Where is Kongor and how is it described?
6. How is the buffalo described and why did it join the tracking party?
7. How is the setting of Dolingo described? What is of central value to the inhabitants of this city?
8. What forced the tracking party to flee the Great Hall of Records in Chapter 15?
9. Why did Tracker and the party associate the missing boy with the Omoluzu?
10. What is Impundulu? How is this creature described?
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
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
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)?
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