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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. In Chapter 34, how does Nao influence the weather?

2. How many mouths are there to feed in Chapter 30?

3. In Chapter 22, how many elders do Amari and the others meet?

4. What does Zelie break when she falls off Nailah at the end of Chapter 12?

5. What is Ramaya?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 21, what does Inan do when he learns that his people need food?

2. In Chapter 33, what does Dakarai see in a vision?

3. When happens when Zelie is fleeing on Nailah in Chapter 12?

4. Why does Roen find Zelie and her companions?

5. In Chapter 13, what happens when Zelie finds herself in a dream world?

6. Where do Nehanda and Jokoye think the lyika are going when they are spotted in Chapter 32, and where does Inan realize they are going?

7. How do Zelie and the others get into the scroll room?

8. What does the council room look like in Chapter 31?

9. In Chapter 29, what happens when Amari fights Ramaya?

10. What does Nehanda say about her powers in Chapter 23?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Conflicts between characters are often caused by a problem. What are some conflicts that occur in the novel? Are the conflicts in the book mostly man vs. man, man vs. nature, or man vs. self? Are they internal or external conflicts?

Essay Topic 2

Roen tells Zelie to quit thinking she is a victim. Why does Zelie believe that she is a victim? What does Roen tell her that she is? Why is Zelie a survivor and not a victim?

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 in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

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