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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 73 - 144).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the villagers want from the Pexton men?
(a) The names of people to talk to that might help the villagers.
(b) Notoriety.
(c) Money.
(d) Food.

2. What happens to Thula's father in Part I?
(a) He disappears.
(b) He kills himself.
(c) He drowns.
(d) He is shot.

3. What does Pexton claim about the massacre?
(a) They wanted the soldiers to take hostages.
(b) They had nothing to do with the soldiers' actions.
(c) They ordered the soldiers to go in.
(d) They knew about the soldiers but not that they would kill anyone.

4. Why will no one touch the village "madman" in Part I?
(a) They think they will be cursed if they do.
(b) He has skin lesions.
(c) He never comes to the village, so they never see him.
(d) He has promised certain death to anyone that does.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the capital city of the country?

2. What place does Bongo remember reading a picture book about in Part II?

3. Who does Sahel remember singing in the bath?

4. How do the villagers get to Bezam?

5. What does The Sick One tell the villagers about getting help?

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