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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. How old is Hamza when he begins to work for Nassor Biashara in Chapter 8?

2. How many men often come to chat with Khalifa in the evenings in Chapter 10?

3. Who is ruling the coast in Chapter 9?

4. In Chapter 11, how long does Sulemani say that he went to school to read the Koran?

5. What is a boy hammering nails into as Hamza passes a yard whose wooden gates stand wide open in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hamza get a job in Chapter 8?

2. What word does Hamza do as he heals in Chapter 7?

3. What type of wedding do Hamza and Afiya have and where do they live after they are married?

4. What does Hamza learn about Sulemani and how he became a carpenter in Chapter 11?

5. What does Hamza tell Khalifa about his background?

6. In Chapter 9, what does Khalifa offer Hamza when he learns Hamza has no place to sleep?

7. How does Hamza start serving in Khalifa and Asha's house?

8. Where is Hamza taken after his injury, and what does the Oberleutnant tell him before Hamza is left behind in Chapter 7?

9. In Chapter 11, how is Afiya feeling about Hamza?

10. In Chapter 10, what does Hamza buy to furnish the storeroom where Khalifa allows him to live?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hamza and Khalifa meet when Nassor sends Hamza to work at the warehouse. How does Khalifa treat Hamza at first? How and why does their relationship change?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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