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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. Who screams when Marie shoots a gun?

2. What happens in the middle of the desert?

3. Who does Slater say is SQLR?

4. What happens to Marie on the way to Daniel Slater's office?

5. Who does Slater think could be an excellent assassin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marie realize about her work with Ross and Slater at dinner?

2. What happens when Marie is in the desert?

3. What happens on the way to Slater's office?

4. Where does Marie go after she leaves Africa?

5. Who is Nicole, and how does she speak?

6. What does Marie discover about her pregnancy 12 weeks in?

7. Where is Thomas's body found?

8. What happens to Marie after she gives birth?

9. What secret does Slater reveal to Marie at dinner?

10. What plans does Slater have for Marie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you analyze how Marie's experience in Africa affects her life in a significant way. What about her experience there changes her forever?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about Marie's relationship to her father. What is their relationship like, and why?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout her mission in Africa, Marie is made very aware of her status as an American, despite feeling that in the U.S., she feels black before she feels American. Write an essay in which you compare and contrast Marie's notions of her American status while she is in Africa and the U.S.

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