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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. Who tells Jende the news about the gossip article?

2. What memory does Jende have in Chapter 37?

3. Who is Amos?

4. Who calls Neni in Chapter 43?

5. How does Jende try to make it up to Neni in Chapter 44?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Liomi get for Christmas?

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

3. How does Jende's dream in Chapter 26 foreshadow the collapse of Lehman Brothers?

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

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

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

7. What is so important about Clark's tie in Chapter 28?

8. Why is Mighty crying in Chapter 34?

9. What does Cindy ask Jende to do for her in Chapter 29?

10. What does Neni do for the first time in Chapter 35? Why?

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

Using the definition of static and dynamic characters, select one character and discuss how they are either static or dynamic.

Essay Topic 3

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

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