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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 Chapter 7, what day of the week do the Tower girls attend the gathering for Alamaya?

2. In Chapter 4, what paper does Castle have everyone read?

3. During the meeting to speed Alamaya on his journey, what song is sung in Chapter 8?

4. What queen had a servant who succeeded in converting Ethiopians to Christianity?

5. How old is Maxim Tasan?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 4, why does Castle want to take Dorsey Flagg off the Hands to Ethiopia committee?

2. How is Kezia Peixota described as the author writes about the dinner held in Alamaya's honor at the beginning of Chapter 2?

3. How does Alamaya say that Ethiopia became the first nation to embrace Christianity?

4. In Chapter 9, why does Mrs. Leah Arzell call Kezia Peixota?

5. How is Prudhomme Bishop described in Chapter 6?

6. Who is Professor Koazhy?

7. Why do Mr. and Mrs. Castle not want Professor Koazhy to join the Hands to Ethiopia committee?

8. What is The Airplane?

9. Who is Lela Witern, and how does she include her husband when giving parties?

10. How is Lij Alamaya a special guest at the residence of Pablo Peixota?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The title of the book has symbolic meaning. What does the title symbolize? What does the title convey about communists and black people in Harlem? How does the book reveal the meaning of the title?

Essay Topic 2

Castle believes that the Soviets will help artists and writers. Why does Castle believe that the Soviets will help artists and writers? How does Flagg rebut Castle’s idea that artists and writers will thrive under the Soviets? What proof is there that the Soviets will or will not benefit artists and writers?

Essay Topic 3

When Ethiopia is defeated, the communists move on to the next cause—Spain. How do the communists take up a new cause when Ethiopia is defeated? What does the way that they switch from Ethiopia to Spain reveal about the communists and their agenda?

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