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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 14, how does Seraphine get to Alamaya's hotel?

2. In Chapter 13, how long does Peixota speak during Sufi's demonstration?

3. In Chapter 12, who does Tasan compare the Emperor of Ethiopia to?

4. In Chapter 16, where do Bunchetta and Seraphine move?

5. In Chapter 13, what type of tips did Peixota remember receiving when he was an elevator runner?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 16, how does Jean Danou believe that democracy can be cured?

2. What is the Interlink?

3. What happens toward the end of the evening when Peixota gets together with the Good Old Pals in Chapter 14?

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

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

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

7. 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?

8. In Chapter 13, what is the Merry-Go-Round?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Seraphine marries a man she has only known for a few hours. Why does Seraphine marry Dandy? What is she trying to prove by marrying him?

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