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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 is Khalifa working when he meets Amur Biashara?

2. Where is Khalifa's father from?

3. When Ilyas comes to work at the sisal estate, how long has it been since he has been to his hometown?

4. How old is Afiya's aunt and uncle's son when she returns to their home in Chapter 2?

5. In Chapter 5, how many askari are on the march?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Afiya spend the first few months she is with Khalifa and Asha?

2. How do Khalifa's parents die?

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

4. What does Ilyas learn about his family when he returns to his village?

5. How was Khalifa educated?

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

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

8. What does Hamza learn from the sick report he collects from the medical officer and takes to the Oberleutnant?

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

10. Who is Qassim?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Afterlives, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the storyline? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

Essay Topic 2

The climax in a novel is either the highest point of tension or a turning point in a novel. What is the climax of Afterlives and why is that incident the climax?

Essay Topic 3

Mood is an element that authors use to evoke feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. Mood is the overall feeling that readers have when reading a story. What is the overall mood of Afterlives?

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