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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is an ally of Sonni's in the quest to be village head?
(a) Halea.
(b) Manga.
(c) Rondo.
(d) Roja.

3. Who do many people tell Yaya is a replica of her own husband?
(a) Bongo.
(b) Sahel.
(c) Thula.
(d) Juba.

4. Who goes to Bezam to welcome Thula home from America?
(a) The Eighteen.
(b) The Seven.
(c) The Five.
(d) The Three.

5. What is one thing Sahel worries about Thula over?
(a) She is too womanly and might be taken advantage of.
(b) She is too short.
(c) She has very small breasts and is very thin.
(d) She is too tall.

6. Who first brings up the idea that Kosawa's children will benefit from advanced schooling?
(a) Jojo.
(b) Harlingford.
(c) Woja Beki.
(d) The Sweet One and the Cute One.

7. What is one big regret Yaya has about her own marriage?
(a) How little she cooked.
(b) How little money she had.
(c) That she only had two sons.
(d) How little she laughed.

8. Who tells Sahel his uncle is searching for a new wife in Bezam?
(a) The Cute One.
(b) The Smart One.
(c) The Leader.
(d) The Thin One.

9. When does Thula's first letter from America arrive?
(a) 8 months after she leaves.
(b) 1 year after she leaves.
(c) 3 months after she leaves.
(d) 10 months after she leaves.

10. What did the Europeans tell the Kosawans that made the Kosawans laugh in Part IV?
(a) Their ancestors were burning in a fire.
(b) Their children were assured to go to heaven.
(c) They had books that could teach them religion.
(d) They only needed to bathe in a sacred river to cleanse their spirits.

11. Where do the Restoration Movement men suggest Thula might travel for school?
(a) England.
(b) Spain.
(c) Germany.
(d) America.

12. How old was Sahel when her own father died?
(a) 12.
(b) 8.
(c) 20.
(d) 10.

13. What is one reason Thula breaks up with Austin?
(a) Thula wants children and Austin does not.
(b) Austin wants children and Thula does not.
(c) They have different visions for change in the world.
(d) They fight all the time.

14. When does Thula first travel to America?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1984.

15. Who do the soldiers take from the square on the day of the massacre?
(a) Sonni and Pondo.
(b) Halar and Sonni.
(c) Bongo, Lusaka, Beki, and Konga.
(d) Pondo and Sahel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Restoration Movement people assure Sahel of in Part III?

2. What do The Five bring up the "necessity" of the second day of Thula's visit?

3. Who tells a story about burning down a government building in his own European country as a youth?

4. Where did many men go to work from Kosawa in Yaya's day?

5. What does Thula urge her age-mates in Kosawa to do in her letters from America?

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