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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 is the giggle described that Tracker heard when he looked at Gangatom on the map in Chapter 18?

2. How old is an Ogo when "the Ogo becomes the monster the gods fated him to become" (416)?

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

4. 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?

5. What birds did Sogolon send as messengers to announce the group's coming visit to the Queen of Dolingo in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the Darklands and how is it described?

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

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

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

6. What happened to the children in Dolingo?

7. How is the setting of Dolingo described? What is of central value to the inhabitants of this city?

8. Who is Lissisolo and how does this character play into the plot of the novel?

9. What is Impundulu? How is this creature described?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the character of Sangoma in the novel. What kind of being is Sangoma? What is her primary motivation in the story? What happens to Sangoma and how does her character influence Tracker and his mission?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the language style of Black Leopard, Red Wolf. How would you describe the author's prose? How would you characterize the dialogue in the narrative? Did you find the book easy to understand? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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