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

2. How does Pierre feel about Bakayoko's return?

3. Who does Keita stay with in prison in "Chapter 18"?

4. What does Maimouna do at the end of "Epilogue"?

5. Why does Penda believe the women should march to Dakar?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bakayoko feel when he first arrives in Dakar?

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

3. What happens when word reaches the union offices about the end of the strike?

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

5. What happens at the end of Bakayoko's meeting with Dejean in "Chapter 15"?

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

7. Why do the women march to the Vatican?

8. What happens after the apprentices are shot?

9. Why does Bakayoko decide to return home in "Chapter 18"?

10. What happens when N'Deye Touti and Bakayoko discuss marriage in "Chapter 18"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the role of religion in this novel? Specifically focus on Christianity and Islam.

Essay Topic 2

Explore the relationship between the individual and the community as it is developed in "God's Bits of Wood".

Essay Topic 3

Research the period of history described in this novel. How is this novel accurate? How is it inaccurate? What is the effect of this?

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