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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Chapter 18", what does N'Deye Touti want to know about Bakayoko?
(a) When he will return to Dakar.
(b) Where his family lives.
(c) When he will get a new job.
(d) When he will propose to her.

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

3. Who does Bakayoko visit first when he returns?
(a) His mother.
(b) The union leader.
(c) Pierre.
(d) Bakary.

4. Why does Lahbib call a meeting in "Epilogue"?
(a) To start a new union.
(b) To form a newspaper.
(c) To honor Bakayoko.
(d) To discuss Isnard.

5. In "Chapter 16", how does the crowd respond to the plan to march to Dakar?
(a) They are saddened.
(b) They are surprised.
(c) They are angry.
(d) They laugh.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Bakayoko that Gorgui has died?

2. What does the narrator say is the "swan song" of N'Deye Touti's youth?

3. What makes Bakayoko's plan to go with the women in "Chapter 16" difficult?

4. After Penda's death, what does N'Deye Touti accuse her of?

5. What is the first thing the apprentices steal using their sling shots?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dejean first react to Bakayoko's return in "Chapter 15"?

2. Why do the women march to the Vatican?

3. How do the strikers feel about Isnard when they return to work in "Epilogue"?

4. How does Bakayoko feel about going to Dakar in "Chapter 16"?

5. How is the father of Maimouna's children revealed?

6. How does the general strike in "Chapter 17" affect the union?

7. What does Leblanc confess to in "Chapter 14"?

8. What do the apprentices use their sling shots for?

9. In "Epilogue", what problems does union management have with Isnard?

10. What happens when Bakayoko visits the union offices in "Chapter 15"?

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