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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 happens to Sahel shortly after Malabo disappears?
(a) Juba dies.
(b) She loses a leg.
(c) She loses her sight.
(d) She has a stillbirth.

2. What is happening to the village children as a result of pollution in Part I?
(a) They are traveling more often.
(b) They are doing better in school.
(c) They are getting sick and dying.
(d) They are losing fingers.

3. What do the villagers call the person in charge from the oil company who visits the village?
(a) The Leader.
(b) The Fat One.
(c) The Sick One.
(d) The Thin One.

4. How long does it take Bongo and the others to reach Bezam?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Three days.
(c) A day and a half.
(d) A week.

5. What is one major mystical act the medicine men in the village can perform?
(a) Curing diabetes.
(b) Memory erasure.
(c) Hair cures.
(d) Curing blindness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why will no one touch the village "madman" in Part I?

2. How many men disappeared with Thula's father?

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

4. Who raised Bongo's father?

5. Who do the elders place under what is effectively house arrest?

(see the answer key)

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