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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Sahel surprised to hear is marrying in Thula's fourth year of school?
(a) Tunis.
(b) Cocody.
(c) Raraj.
(d) Aisha.

3. What do Sahel and the other women always take to their visits to the prisoners from Kosawa?
(a) Music.
(b) Food.
(c) Pictures.
(d) Books.

4. Who is the village elder who competed to be village head in Part III and lost?
(a) Roja.
(b) Gona.
(c) Pondo.
(d) Woja.

5. What does The Restoration Movement eventually do in New York?
(a) Start a protest movement.
(b) Disband.
(c) File papers with a court there against Pexton.
(d) Look for more donors.

6. Why does Yaya worry for Sahel?
(a) Her fiery spirit.
(b) Her destitution.
(c) Her anxiety.
(d) Her loneliness.

7. When does Yaya think she will be reunited with Big Papa?
(a) Before the rains come.
(b) Before the next full moon.
(c) Before the next harvest.
(d) Before the month is out.

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

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

10. When does Yaya think things with Pexton get worse than ever?
(a) When the young boys get guns.
(b) When Pexton cuts down more trees.
(c) When they run out of food.
(d) When a child disappears from the Garden.

11. What does Sahel come to think of as Thula's blanket in Part III?
(a) Her kitten.
(b) Her veil.
(c) Her books from school.
(d) Her shoes.

12. Who suggests that women marrying each other is not a bad idea?
(a) Farro.
(b) Aisha.
(c) Pendar.
(d) Helena.

13. What is the seat of government for Kosawa's district?
(a) Cameraon.
(b) Bezam.
(c) Farica.
(d) Lokunja.

14. How does Thula sign her last letter of Part III to her age-mates?
(a) Blessings.
(b) Faraway.
(c) Kindly.
(d) I'll Always Be One of Us.

15. What will Sahel always remember from the massacre?
(a) The sound of the guns.
(b) The heat.
(c) The screams.
(d) The blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sonni think of the overseer's house at the Gardens?

2. Who does Sahel begin to flirt with at times in Part III?

3. What did the Pexton representatives say when asked how long it would take for them to get all the oil out of the ground in Kosawa?

4. When does Thula's first letter from America arrive?

5. What do the boys of the village do during the manhood passage?

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