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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. How many does Amari kill to save Zelie in Chapter 32?

2. How many vessels are still floating in Chapter 31?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 30, how many boats remain?

4. In Chapter 16, what does Inan steal from a merchant?

5. As Inan prepares to lead a patrol through Lagos, how many has he lead through there before?

Short Essay Questions

1. What takes place in the arena in Chapter 23?

2. Where does Zelie find herself and what does she realize about Inan in Chapter 12?

3. How are Zelie, Tzain, and Amari paraded through the streets of Ibeji?

4. How do Zelie and Amari escape Lagos?

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

6. In Chapter 13, what does a merchant trade for Amari's headdress?

7. Where and why does Lekan take Zelie and the others in Chapter 20 before they flee the temple grounds?

8. Where does Mama Agkba decide that Zelie, Amari, and Tzain should go?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

King Saran is cruel to his enemies. Is Saran evil or misguided?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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