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

2. How often did Tracker's uncle tell him his people celebrate death and rebirth in Chapter 2?

3. Where did Tracker move after leaving the capital city of the North in Chapter 5?

4. How did the missing boy's parents die, according to the slaver in Chapter 8?

5. What does Tracker's uncle tell him it is too late for him to have done?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Tracker first find his way to Ku? Who helped him?

2. Who is Sangoma and how is she described?

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

4. How did Tracker become involved in the first quest for the boy?

5. How did Tracker meet Nyka?

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

7. Who set up the search party for the boy? How many comprised the search party?

8. How did Tracker's uncle explain the reasoning behind male and female circumcision?

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

10. What did Tracker, Leopard, and Kava discover when they returned to Sangoma's after killing Asanbosam?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the main antagonists in Black Leopard, Red Wolf. What are the motivations of these characters? How are they physically described? What magical powers do they possess? Are these antagonists defeated? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Outline and discuss the plot structure of Black Leopard, Red Wolf. Where does the inciting incident occur in the text? What takes place in the novel's climax? What information is related to the reader in the falling action and denouement?

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