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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. What color dress is Seraphine wearing in Chapter 5 when she visits Bunchetta?
2. In Chapter 8, what instrument does Newton Castle play?
3. When the Tower Girls meet in Chapter 7, what time does Newton Castle arrive?
4. Where are the offices of the Friends of Ethiopia in Chapter 6?
5. During the meeting to speed Alamaya on his journey, what song is sung in Chapter 8?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do Mr. and Mrs. Castle not want Professor Koazhy to join the Hands to Ethiopia committee?
2. How is Lij Alamaya a special guest at the residence of Pablo Peixota?
3. How does Alamaya say that Ethiopia became the first nation to embrace Christianity?
4. In Chapter 4, why does Castle want to take Dorsey Flagg off the Hands to Ethiopia committee?
5. What is The Tower?
6. In Chapter 1, how is the parade described?
7. Who is Newton Castle?
8. Who is in the open car that comes down the street after the parade, and how is he dressed?
9. In Chapter 5, who is Bunchetta Facey?
10. What is The Airplane?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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 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?
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