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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 is giving the party that Seraphine attends in Chapter 5?

2. In Chapter 3, what is learned is the nationality of Peixota's father?

3. As Professor Koazhy rides through the streets in Chapter 1, what does he wave at the sky?

4. In Chapter 1, how much money does Chairman Peixota donate?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Tasan and Bishop want Dorsey Flagg removed from Hands to Ethiopia and as Alamaya's travel companion?

2. How was Seraphine raised by her mother?

3. Who is in the open car that comes down the street after the parade, and how is he dressed?

4. What is The Airplane?

5. Who is Professor Koazhy?

6. What is The Tower?

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

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

9. In Chapter 5, who is Bunchetta Facey?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tasan asks that everyone come “All aboard to build the Popular Front.” (131) What does that statement reveal about the objectives and goals of the Soviets? How does Tasan believe that he can get anyone and everyone to embrace the Soviet ideals?

Essay Topic 2

Seraphine and Alamaya have light enough skin color that they could pass as white. What does it mean to pass? Why do some characters embrace passing and others despise the practice? What do feelings about passing reveal about racial identity?

Essay Topic 3

The committee of Hands to Ethiopia has observed the communist propaganda tactics in the Aframerican community and see communism as a type of dictatorship. How do they view dictatorship and democracy? How do they believe that dictatorship or democracy positively or negatively impact the lives of black people?

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