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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 type of maji nearly destroys Zelie and Inan before a girl stops him in Chapter 50?

2. How many platoons does Inan tell Zelie in Chapter 63 that Kwame took out?

3. About how old is Zu?

4. In Chapter 36, how long does it take Zelie and the others to travel through the desert to the Gombe River Valley?

5. In Chapter 63, how many lieutenants accompany Inan when he visits in his father's prison?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 53, why does Inan confront Roen?

2. How does Inan try to free Zelie in Chpater 67?

3. How does Zelie hurt Tzain and why in Chapter 55?

4. How does Inan protect Zelie in Chapter 50?

5. What happens while Zelie and Inan are fighting in Chapter 37?

6. What do Zelie, Tzain, and Amari come upon after traveling six days in the desert?

7. In Chapter 64, how is Zelie tortured?

8. In Chapter 59, why does Inan want Zelie to come to Lagos with him?

9. In Chapter 68, how do Amari, Tzain, Kenyon, and the others breaks into the fortress?

10. Why does Amari smile when she sees Zelie dancing in Chapter 57?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

Dialogue tags help identify who is speaking in a written conversation. What would happen if dialogue tags were never used to identify who is speaking in a written conversation? What are some common dialogue tags used to identify speakers in a written conversation? What descriptive dialogue tags has the author used, especially in Chapter 52? How do those dialogue tags help readers imagine scenes? How do they add another layer of description?

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