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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. When is al Bushiri hanged?

2. In Chapter 4, how old is Afiya when she gets her own room for the first time?

3. In what language does someone begin to sing a song that is like a sung conversation in Chapter 3?

4. In Chapter 2, how old is the driver who takes Ilyas the last leg of his journey to his village?

5. How old was Ilyas when he ran away from home?

Short Essay Questions

1. When and where do the British make a landing and how does their landing end in Chapter 5?

2. When Nassor Biashara moves Khalifa to the warehouse and lowers his salary, what does Khalifa do?

3. What instructions are the recruits given after they have a medical exam?

4. In Chapter 5 how does the schutztruppe fight on?

5. Who is Qassim?

6. How did Amur Biashara do his business, and how did his way of doing business fail him?

7. Why does Afiya return to her village and then return again to the city?

8. How do the Germans end the Maji Maji uprising?

9. In Chapter 5, how is Hamza under the Oberleutnant's protection?

10. In Chapter 5, what duties does Hamza perform as the Oberleutnant's servant before seven in the morning?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Setting is the place and time where a narrative takes place. Where and when does Afterlives take place? How does the setting evoke feelings or set the mood in the book?

Essay Topic 2

The last weeks of the war are a nightmare. Why do the carriers and askari desert?

Essay Topic 3

As Afiya matures, her world becomes smaller and there are more rules and regulations she has to follow. How and why does Afiya’s world become smaller as she matures? What does her life as a young woman reveal about gender roles in East Africa?

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