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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. In what city did Tracker say he was raised in Chapter 8?
2. Where did Tracker take up residence in the years between the first and second searches for the boy from Malakal, according to the witness narrative in Chapter 6?
3. Where did Tracker move after leaving the capital city of the North in Chapter 5?
4. How did Giraffe Boy come to live with the woman in the woods?
5. What are the "roof walkers, night demons" (25) called that the King summons in Tracker's story in Chapter 1?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who set up the search party for the boy? How many comprised the search party?
2. What did Leopard and Tracker do with the lightning woman in Chapter 7?
3. What foreshadowing is established in the opening lines of the novel? Why is this important?
4. How did Tracker meet Nyka?
5. What is the Itaki and how is it described?
6. Who is Sangoma and how is she described?
7. When and where was the boy stolen from according to the slaver in Chapter 8?
8. How did Tracker's uncle explain the reasoning behind male and female circumcision?
9. Why did Tracker's uncle say that he could not participate in the Zareba?
10. What did Tracker learn about his father while in Ku?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the mythological influences in Black Leopard, Red Wolf. What characters and/or settings are derived from African culture, folklore, and history? Why has the author chosen to base his novel on a fantasy world set in Africa? How does this make the novel stand out?
Essay Topic 2
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 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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