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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 is Princess Zarihara's talent in Chapter 16?

2. How many members of the Good Old Pals is a professional?

3. In Chapter 10, what is the title of an article that Flagg shows Alamaya from the Labor Herald?

4. In Chapter 13, what type of car does Sufi Abdul Hamid ride in during the parade?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 12, what does Seraphine think has happened with her father and Alamaya and why?

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

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

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

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

6. In Chapter 13, what had Alamaya and other Ethiopians thought about the Aframericans before Alamaya came to America?

7. What does Flagg offer to do and why to save Alamay in Chapter 11?

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

9. What is eaten and drank at Tasan's place when he invites Seraphine to dinner in Chapter 17?

10. When Seraphine is searching Tasan's apartment in Chapter 18, what does she learn about Princess Benebe?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Castle believes that the Soviets will help artists and writers. Why does Castle believe that the Soviets will help artists and writers? How does Flagg rebut Castle’s idea that artists and writers will thrive under the Soviets? What proof is there that the Soviets will or will not benefit artists and writers?

Essay Topic 3

The title of the book has symbolic meaning. What does the title symbolize? What does the title convey about communists and black people in Harlem? How does the book reveal the meaning of the title?

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