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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who raised Bongo's father?
(a) Only his father.
(b) A cousin.
(c) One of his father's sister and her husband.
(d) Only his mother.

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

3. What do people call Thula's grandfather?
(a) Bongo.
(b) Big Papa.
(c) Hari.
(d) Falaba.

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

5. Who is Thula's teacher?
(a) Teacher Yaya.
(b) Teacher Chang.
(c) Teacher Fara.
(d) Teacher Penda.

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

7. What does The Sick One tell the villagers about getting help?
(a) The Spider King will help them.
(b) No one will help them.
(c) There is a man named Aambi who will help them.
(d) He has a nephew, a journalist, who can help them.

8. Where do the oil company laborers live?
(a) Henries Village.
(b) The Flube.
(c) The Skerries.
(d) Gardens.

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

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

11. Who is the journalist The Sick One sends the men to?
(a) Helen.
(b) Ryan.
(c) Michael.
(d) Austin.

12. What is Konga's last name?
(a) Kojil.
(b) Faraina.
(c) Holika.
(d) Wanjika.

13. Who helps take care of The Sick One when he gets really sick?
(a) Yaya.
(b) Montgomery.
(c) Woja Beki.
(d) The children.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the villagers call the person in charge from the oil company who visits the village?

2. Who is one of Sahel's best friends?

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

4. What is happening to the village children as a result of pollution in Part I?

5. Where do Thula and her family live?

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