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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 215 - 288).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Bongo once go to school to be?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A teacher.
(d) An accountant.

2. What does Bongo think of Thula's natural disposition?
(a) She is optimistic.
(b) She is gregarious.
(c) He has no idea what she is really like.
(d) She is given to brooding and anger.

3. What does Thula urge her age-mates in Kosawa to do in her letters from America?
(a) Gather money to visit her in America.
(b) Hunt less often.
(c) Fight Pexton.
(d) Cook more food.

4. When does Yaya think things with Pexton get worse than ever?
(a) When the young boys get guns.
(b) When Pexton cuts down more trees.
(c) When they run out of food.
(d) When a child disappears from the Garden.

5. What eventually happens after The Sick One dies?
(a) The other hostages run away.
(b) The driver finally finds his key.
(c) The oil company leaves.
(d) The soldiers come and shoot a lot of the villagers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is hard for Thula to adjust to in America?

2. What is His Excellency obsessed with?

3. Who does Sahel begin to flirt with at times in Part III?

4. How do the villagers get to Bezam?

5. Who was Woja Beki's father?

(see the answer key)

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