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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 do Jende and Bubakar do in Chapter 43?

2. Where is Clark when Cindy dies?

3. Where does Neni go in Chapter 36?

4. Why does Neni refuse the job that Vince offers her?

5. What do the Jonga's name their new daughter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Neni and Winston's reactions to Cindy's request for Jende to record all of Clark's action?

2. What do the Jongas do when they hear about Lehman's collapse?

3. Why does Clark want Jende to come up to his office in Chapter 38?

4. What does Clark say when Jende tells him that Cindy wants him to record all of Clark's actions?

5. How does Jende's life change after he is fired?

6. How does Neni blackmail Cindy?

7. What does Leah tell Jende about in Chapter 33?

8. What happens to Leah after Lehman Brother's collapses?

9. What decision does Jende make in Chapter 26?

10. Why was Jende put in jail in Limbe?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Was moving back to Cameroon the right decision for the Jongas? Consider the pros and cons of their decisions to leave and stay.

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