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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the capital city of the country?
(a) Harlem.
(b) Richson.
(c) Bezam.
(d) Faorlon.

2. Who does Sahel remember singing in the bath?
(a) Big Papa.
(b) Bongo.
(c) Yaya.
(d) Juba.

3. What does Thula call her grandmother?
(a) Hela.
(b) Roja.
(c) Fara.
(d) Yaya.

4. Who are the medicine and mystic men of the village?
(a) Malabo and Bongo.
(b) Woja and Lukasa.
(c) Fari and Kari.
(d) Sakani and Jakani.

5. What does the newspaperman suggest to Bongo about travel?
(a) He wants them all to go to America.
(b) He wants them all to go to Egypt.
(c) He wants to come to Kosawa with Bongo and the others.
(d) He wants them to go to the big lake.

6. Who is one of the respected village elders?
(a) Pondo.
(b) Lukasa.
(c) Sahel.
(d) Bongo.

7. How many sick children does Bongo take note of in his narration in Part II?
(a) 7.
(b) 3.
(c) 10.
(d) 20.

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

9. Whose son arrives from the capital to report on the status of Thula's father in Part I?
(a) Jemmi.
(b) Rojo.
(c) Gono.
(d) Faro.

10. What happens in Part II that is very bad for all the villagers regarding Pexton?
(a) All of the children in the village die.
(b) The Sick One dies in captivity in Kosawa.
(c) The villagers get guns.
(d) The oil dries up.

11. How do the villagers get to Bezam?
(a) Boat.
(b) Car.
(c) Train.
(d) Bus.

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

13. Who is the first age-mate, and Lukasa's son, that dies that Thula and her friends really take notice of?
(a) Wambi.
(b) Malabo.
(c) Woja.
(d) Bongo.

14. What is the oil company exploiting Thula's village?
(a) Marlon.
(b) Pexton.
(c) Hexxon.
(d) Forlon.

15. What kind of tree does the village gather under at important times?
(a) Lemon.
(b) Mango.
(c) Orange.
(d) Persimmon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do people call Thula's grandfather?

2. What do the Pexton men tell the villagers will happen when they get to Bezam?

3. Of the Pexton men, who seems to hate the villagers the most?

4. What is the group that eventually does get money from Pexton for Kosawa?

5. Who is Malabo's brother?

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