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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. Where was Piexota born?

2. Where did Seraphine go to college?

3. What was the name of Newton Castle's sister?

4. How many people can be accommodated at Buster Quincy's bar in Chapter 7?

5. Who is giving the party that Seraphine attends in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is in the open car that comes down the street after the parade, and how is he dressed?

5. In Chapter 5, who is Bunchetta Facey?

6. In Chapter 4, why are whites not wanted to join the Hands to Ethiopia group?

7. How was Seraphine raised by her mother?

8. Who is Peixota?

9. How is Prudhomme Bishop described in Chapter 6?

10. Who is Professor Koazhy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The committee of Hands to Ethiopia has observed the communist propaganda tactics in the Aframerican community and see communism as a type of dictatorship. How do they view dictatorship and democracy? How do they believe that dictatorship or democracy positively or negatively impact the lives of black people?

Essay Topic 2

Seraphine marries a man she has only known for a few hours. Why does Seraphine marry Dandy? What is she trying to prove by marrying him?

Essay Topic 3

The Italian/Ethiopian conflict is an impetus for many events in the novel. How is the conflict between Italy and Ethiopia an impetus for events in the novel? What parallels are there between the conflict between countries and the conflict between communists and Aframericans?

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