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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 does the Leopard wrap Asanbosam's head in before putting it in the sack in Chapter 5?

2. What did the slaver do to the black slave who had lain with the red slave in the end of Chapter 6?

3. What does Tracker say his back suffered beatings from at the hands of the guards after reading the witness report in Chapter 6?

4. Who led the party that killed the mingi in Chapter 5?

5. What kind of eye did Leopard say Tracker had in replacement of his own in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Sogolon's appearance described in Chapter 8?

2. How is Sadogo's appearance described when he first appears in Chapter 8?

3. Why did Tracker kill his uncle? What did he do with his uncle's head?

4. Who is Sangoma and how is she described?

5. Who is Fumeli? What were Tracker's first impressions of him?

6. What are the Omoluzu? How are they described?

7. What did Tracker observe at the ritual with the newly born "men and women" with Kava in Chapter 1? Why did they run away?

8. Why did Tracker's uncle say that he could not participate in the Zareba?

9. When and where was the boy stolen from according to the slaver in Chapter 8?

10. Why did Tracker go to Monono? What did he retrieve there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the character of Tracker as the protagonist of Black Leopard, Red Wolf. Is Tracker an archetypal hero or antihero? What are Tracker's primary motivations throughout the narrative? How does Tracker's character evolve in the course of the story?

Essay Topic 2

Identify and discuss three examples of symbolism in Black Leopard, Red Wolf. What is the object, character, or setting representative of? How is this symbolism made apparent to the reader? How does the symbolism connect to the novel's themes?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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