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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 6, what is Gloria Kendall's job at the White Friends of Ethiopia?

2. What bar do some of the Tower girls go to in Chapter 7?

3. In Chapter 3, what type of business does Peixota own?

4. Where did Peixota buy his first piece of property?

5. In Chapter 1, what street is a parade ground?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Newton Castle?

2. How was Seraphine raised by her mother?

3. When people start calling for Dorsey Flagg's removal, who helps quell the outcry?

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

5. Who is Professor Koazhy?

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

7. How is Lij Alamaya a special guest at the residence of Pablo Peixota?

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

9. Who is Peixota?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tasan directly or indirectly causes many of the conflicts in the novel. How does Tasan incite conflict? Is he usually directly or indirectly involved in causing conflicts? How do the conflicts eventually kill him?

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

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?

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