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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 9, what does Alamaya say that his religion is?

2. Where did Seraphine go to college?

3. What color dress is Seraphine wearing in Chapter 5 when she visits Bunchetta?

4. When Professor Koahzy finishes his speech in Chapter 1, how much money does he ask to be brought to him?

5. What is Professor Koahzy's Christian name?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Prudhomme Bishop described in Chapter 6?

2. Who is Peixota?

3. What campaign is Bishop launching in Chapter 6, and what does Peixota think he should do instead?

4. What is The Tower?

5. In Chapter 9, why does Mrs. Leah Arzell call Kezia Peixota?

6. Who is Newton Castle?

7. How does Alamaya say that Ethiopia became the first nation to embrace Christianity?

8. Who is Professor Koazhy?

9. How was Seraphine raised by her mother?

10. In Chapter 4, why are whites not wanted to join the Hands to Ethiopia group?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Italian/Ethiopian conflict is an impetus for many events in the novel. How is the conflict between Italy and Ethiopia an impetus for events in the novel? What parallels are there between the conflict between countries and the conflict between communists and Aframericans?

Essay Topic 2

The Labor Herald seeks to influence public opinion. What is the role of the Labor Herald in the novel? How do the articles that the Labor Herald publishes advance the sociopolitical theme in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Seraphine quarrels with her parents and refuses to have anything to do with them. Why does Seraphine quarrel with her parents? To what lengths does she go to prove that her parents were wrong and she was right?

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