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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 does Tasan flavor with liquor when he and his party visit the Airplane in Chapter 16?

2. How long after their departure do Alamaya and Flagg return to New York In Chapter 11?

3. How long did Queen Judith of Ethiopia reign?

4. In Chapter 12, where does Tasan want to host a benefit affair?

5. What color kimono does Seraphine wear in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Castle when the Sufi and Senegambians get involved in the demonstration in Chapter 10?

2. In Chapter 17, what does Tasan say about Pushkin and his descendants?

3. In Chapter 15, what do Seraphine and Bunchetta say about Harlem and why they want to live elsewhere?

4. What does Seraphine's mother tell her about carrying on with white men in Chapter 17?

5. In Chapter 16, why is the work of Hands to Ethiopia at a standstill?

6. In Chapter 10, what type of demonstration is there in front of Trawl's church?

7. Why does Seraphine tell Dandy that they cannot stay with Bunchetta in Chapter 18?

8. In Chapter 11, what is said about Alamaya in the papers?

9. At the beginning of Chapter 15, why does Seraphine not go to work in her father's office, and what does she decide to do?

10. In Chapter 14, why does Alamaya say that he can no longer see Seraphine?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tasan is forced to jump to his death. Why is he forced to jump to his death? Is justice served by his death?

Essay Topic 2

Seraphine makes some hurried decisions, including her decision to leave her parents’ home and to marry Dandy. What decisions does Seraphine make throughout the novel? What do these decisions reveal about Seraphine and her character?

Essay Topic 3

The Labor Herald frequently publishes propaganda. How is propaganda use by the communists to further their cause? How does the use of propaganda affect the people who are targeted by the propaganda?

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