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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 Maxim Tasan?

2. Where are the offices of the Friends of Ethiopia in Chapter 6?

3. In Chapter 7, what day of the week do the Tower girls attend the gathering for Alamaya?

4. What was Mrs. Peixota's surname before she married Peixota?

5. How many presidents of the Equal Rights Action group have there been before Prudhomme Bishop?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Mr. and Mrs. Castle not want Professor Koazhy to join the Hands to Ethiopia committee?

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

3. How is Kezia Peixota described as the author writes about the dinner held in Alamaya's honor at the beginning of Chapter 2?

4. In Chapter 5, who is Bunchetta Facey?

5. Who is Professor Koazhy?

6. How was Seraphine raised by her mother?

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

8. In Chapter 1, how is the parade described?

9. What is The Airplane?

10. Who is Lela Witern, and how does she include her husband when giving parties?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Castle believes that the Soviets will help artists and writers. Why does Castle believe that the Soviets will help artists and writers? How does Flagg rebut Castle’s idea that artists and writers will thrive under the Soviets? What proof is there that the Soviets will or will not benefit artists and writers?

Essay Topic 2

When Ethiopia is defeated, the communists move on to the next cause—Spain. How do the communists take up a new cause when Ethiopia is defeated? What does the way that they switch from Ethiopia to Spain reveal about the communists and their agenda?

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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