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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 5, where were the people from who killed the German missionaries?

2. What month and day does Afiya select for her birthday in Chapter 6?

3. By what time is Hamza expected to complete his dudties as the officer's personal servant in Chapter 5?

4. When Hamza goes into the infirmary, how many empty beds are in the room where he is examined in Chapter 3?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Hamza's first evening like as askari?

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

3. Who does Khalifa work for after the Gujarat banker brothers decide to transfer their business to Mombasa?

4. How was Khalifa educated?

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

6. How does Ilyas come to work at the sisal estate?

7. What do Hamza and the other recruits learn in their training sessions with German subaltern Feldwebel Walther?

8. How does Hamza take to the harsh regime in Chapter 3?

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

10. What is Afiya's life like when Ilyas takes her to the city?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ramadhan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and is a time of fasting and prayer. How and why does life change for the characters in Afterlives during Ramadhan?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters?

Essay Topic 3

Hamza has seen a great deal of brutality as askari. When he is injured and after he recovers, he finally experiences compassion. How would you contrast the brutality Hamza experiences with the compassion and kindness he later receives? Does the compassion heal the scars he received emotionally from the brutality?

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