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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. Where did Clark grow up?

2. What is Neni's final GPA for the semeter?

3. What question does Neni ask Mr. Edwards in Chapter 24?

4. Why does Jende send money to Limbe in Chapter 9?

5. Why does Vince come to the Jongas in Chapter 25?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Vince consider Jende similar and different from his parents?

2. What is Bubakar's plan to get Jende a green card in Chapter Three?

3. What happens when Neni goes to work a party at the Edwards' for the day?

4. What does Neni learn about Cindy's family of origin while she is in the Hamptons?

5. Why does Vince come over to the Jongas?

6. What happened to Neni's father's job while she was growing up?

7. How does Mbue make it clear to the reader that Mr. Edwards is wealthy in Chapter One?

8. What does Jende learn about Clark when they talk in Hudson River Park?

9. How does Neni feel about going to WInston's party at a New York City nightclub?

10. What insights does Jende gain from Leah about the state of Lehman Brothers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mbue successfully uses multiple literary devices in her text. Select one of the following literary devices and analyze how it helps to develop the novel: flashback, dialect, dialogue, or setting.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the Jonga children to the Edward children. How are they similar? How are they different?

Essay Topic 3

How does Jende's views of America change after the collapse of Lehman Brothers?

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