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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Thula's grandfather known for?
(a) Being optimistic.
(b) Being the life of the party.
(c) Being a very hard worker.
(d) Being sad and laconic.

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

3. What do the Pexton men tell the villagers will happen when they get to Bezam?
(a) They have to travel to America to be heard.
(b) They will be listened to if they bring money.
(c) No one will help them.
(d) They have to take more hostages.

4. Who does Bongo's girlfriend leave him for?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A laborer.
(c) A president.
(d) A priest.

5. What does Bongo ask the Spirit for every morning?
(a) His brother back.
(b) Water.
(c) Reasons to be grateful.
(d) Healing.

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

7. What is Woja Beki's excuse for not going to Bezam with The Six?
(a) His back is too stiff.
(b) He is blind.
(c) His feet are sore.
(d) He has diabetes.

8. Who tries to dissuade Bongo and the others from going to Bezam?
(a) Riji.
(b) Konga.
(c) Kala.
(d) Fojo.

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

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

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

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

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

14. What weapons do the villagers mostly use?
(a) Machetes.
(b) Guns.
(c) Bombs.
(d) Arrows.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are some of the first to shed blood in the massacre?

2. What eventually happens after The Sick One dies?

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

4. Who is one of the respected village elders?

5. Where do Thula and her family live?

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