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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Bakayoko's plan to go with the women in "Chapter 16" difficult?
(a) He doesn't believe in the women marching.
(b) He learns about his family's crisis.
(c) He wants to try to negotiate with management again.
(d) He is too tired to walk.

2. Why does Isnard believe Pierre has sided with the Africans?
(a) Because Pierre wants him to resign.
(b) Because Pierre speaks their language.
(c) Because Pierre dresses like they do.
(d) He doesn't think Pierre has sided with the Africans.

3. Where do the women decide to march to in "Epilogue"?
(a) Somolia.
(b) The Vatican.
(c) Dakar.
(d) France.

4. Why is Isnard's wife shot?
(a) Because she wants to protect Isnard.
(b) Because she runs outside with a gun.
(c) Because she is robbed.
(d) Because she steals from management.

5. How do the apprentices first treat the strike?
(a) Like a vacation.
(b) Like a problem.
(c) Like a joke.
(d) Like an adventure.

6. How does the narrator describe Pierrot when he first appears in "Chapter 14"?
(a) Young.
(b) Brave.
(c) Sullen.
(d) Dark.

7. What role does Edouard play in the strike?
(a) He is a French dignitary.
(b) He is a union negotiator.
(c) He is a management representative.
(d) He is an African politician.

8. What do the women do when Bakayoko returns?
(a) They stay inside their homes.
(b) They gather in the streets.
(c) They cook a large meal.
(d) They start a bonfire.

9. When are the apprentices shot?
(a) The day before they plan to rob a store.
(b) After shooting out a window.
(c) When they are trying to shoot lizards.
(d) As they sleep.

10. After Beugosse leaves the union, what does Bakayoko say about him?
(a) That Beugosse ruined the union's morale.
(b) That he never got along with Beugosse.
(c) That Beugosse was a hard worker.
(d) He says nothing about Beugosse.

11. As the strike continues, how do the apprentices feel about it?
(a) They become bored with it.
(b) They consider moving away.
(c) They start to worry more.
(d) They care about the management's position.

12. Why does Bakayoko encourage a general strike in "Chapter 17"?
(a) Because the crowd believes in it.
(b) Because he thinks it will work.
(c) Because N'Daye Touti wanted him to.
(d) Because he wasn't sure what else to say.

13. How does Bakayoko learn that Beugosse switched sides to stand with the French?
(a) He reads about it in the newspaper.
(b) He sees Beugosse dressed as a Frenchmen.
(c) Alioune tells him about Beugosse.
(d) He gets a letter from Beugosse.

14. What does N'Deye Touti do to show her support for the compound after Bakayoko leaves in "Chapter 17"?
(a) She builts a new hut by herself.
(b) She barters at the market.
(c) She finds a military to protect them.
(d) She burns her notebooks.

15. When Bakayoko arrives in Dakar, how does he feel about the strike?
(a) That the strikers need to be armed.
(b) That the strike has only begun.
(c) That there is no point to striking any longer.
(d) That he has won it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do union leaders treat Bakary when Bakayoko returns?

2. What does the crowd do when they hear the gunshots in "Epilogue"?

3. How is Keita cut in "Chapter 18"?

4. Why do the Frenchmen visit with Isnard in "Chapter 14"?

5. Who does Bakayoko visit first when he returns?

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