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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 great memory did Yaya's husband tell her about?
(a) Spending two weeks on the beach.
(b) Eating meat for the first time.
(c) The ceremony that made him a man.
(d) The trip he took to America.

2. What is Thula shocked to learn about in America?
(a) How the restaurants work.
(b) How the courts work.
(c) The subjugation of some of its own people.
(d) How much textbooks there cost.

3. What does Thula say a promise appears to mean to Pexton?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Everything.
(c) It only means something in a bank.
(d) It only means something in court.

4. Why does Sahel kick Sonni out of her hut?
(a) He tries to seduce her.
(b) He insults her mother.
(c) He steals from her.
(d) He tells her the truth about Thula.

5. Why do some children linger outside of Woja Beki's house in Part II?
(a) To see if they can see a spirit there.
(b) To see if they will get extra food.
(c) To see if anyone visits.
(d) To see if they can hear crying.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the villagers become concerned about dying in Part II?

2. What does Sahel tell Malabo's spirit about her wishes for his journey from this world to the next?

3. What city does Thula go to in America?

4. Who is Thula's brother?

5. How many soldiers come to the village in their first visit after the oil company men go missing?

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