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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 dessert does Neni make for Christmas?

2. What memory does Jende have in Chapter 37?

3. What is the name of the company that takes over Lehman?

4. Who tells Jende the news about the gossip article?

5. When does Lehman Brother's collapse?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Jende get angry at Neni in Chapter 36?

4. What does Liomi get for Christmas?

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

6. Why was Jende put in jail in Limbe?

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

8. How does Neni blackmail Cindy?

9. Why is Mighty crying in Chapter 34?

10. What decision does Jende make in Chapter 26?

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

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

Essay Topic 3

MBue is able to use New York City as a character in this text. What does New York City symbolize to the characters of the novel? How does this change over the course of the text and why?

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