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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 4, how old must Jamila be when she is married?

2. In Chapter 5, what does Hamza learn some of the Nubi noncommissioned officers are addicted to?

3. In Chapter 4, how many girls does Bi Habiba teach in her home before Afiya is sent to learn from her?

4. At what call to prayer does the officer usually pour himself his first schanpps of the evening in Chapter 5?

5. In Chapter 2, how long does Ilyas think he will fight in the schutztruppe?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Khalifa educated?

2. How do Khalifa's parents die?

3. Who is Qassim?

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

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

6. What was Khalifa's first job?

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

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

9. How do Hamza and the other recruits spend their afternoons?

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

In much of Afterlives, East Africa is a German colony. What is the political situation when the Germans are in charge of East Africa? How do they secure their power? What is life like for the Africans when the Germans are in power? What is revealed about colonialism through the actions of the Germans and the lives of the Africans?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Artistic license is the way that an author creates, art, music, or writing based upon her interpretation of life. How does Gurnah use artistic license to create the realistic background of Afterlives?

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