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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. After the muadhin's call to afternoon prayer, how long does Khalifa return to work in Chapter 4?

2. How old is a young girl who brings Ilyas and his host coffee in Chapter 2?

3. In Chapter 3, who has the Nubi ombasha fought for before the Germans?

4. In Chapter 3, when do Hamza and the other recruits arrive at the camp?

5. In Chapter 3, what time do the schutztruppe leave the recruiting depot?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Khalifa's parents die?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Who is Qassim?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hamza believes that Feldwebel Walther is an example of a typical German officer. How does the way that Walther abuses the power he has as a German soldier cause Hamza to see Wlather as an example of a typical German soldier?

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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