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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. About how many villagers live in Ilorin?

2. In Chapter 28, how many of the laborers on Zelie, Tzain, and Amari's boat settle into the rowing stations?

3. In Chapter 3, what type of pie does Amari's mother tell her to stop eating?

4. Where does Inan remember that his father made him and Amari wield swords and fight one another?

5. How often would the mamalawo carry the stone, the dagger, and the scroll to a scared temple to perform the binding ritual?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Zelie sell a red-tailed sailfish?

2. What does Yemi say when Admiral Kaea threatens to kill an elderly woman when no one will provide information about Zelie?

3. What happens when Amari needs to fight in Chapter 30?

4. What happens when Kaea realizes that Inan is maji?

5. How do Zelie and Amari escape Lagos?

6. What are Zelie and the others doing in Chapter 25 when the announcer finds them, and what does Zelie do when they are caught?

7. What happens when Zelie, Tzain, and Amari go down stairs at Chandomble?

8. How does Inan believe he can get the scroll and Amari back?

9. How does Binta die?

10. What mural does Lekan show Zelie and the others?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Origin stories explain the beginning of a world. What is the origin story for Orisha? Why is it important for Zelie, Tzain, and Amari to hear their origin story?

Essay Topic 2

Metaphors and similes are figures of speech that are used to make comparisons between things. Metaphors seem to imply an equal comparison, while similes seem to imply a similarity between two things. Does Adeyemi use more metaphors or similes in the novel? How does the use of metaphors or similes help readers comprehend concepts?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view of Children of Blood and Bone? How does the way that three first-person narrators are used influence what readers know about events and characters? How does having following different characters help readers connect with and understand characters?

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