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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the leader of Thula's country?
(a) His Excellency.
(b) The Kind One.
(c) Woja.
(d) Farrah.

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

3. What does Thula say in a letter to The Five that they should die for, if anything?
(a) War.
(b) Peace.
(c) Justice.
(d) Money.

4. What does Thula think of the Restoration Movement?
(a) They are only interested in their land in America.
(b) They are trying to con Kosawa.
(c) They are good Christians.
(d) They might actually be able to help Kosawa.

5. What kind of women is there an abundance of in the villages, according to Sahel?
(a) Second wives.
(b) Entrepreneurs.
(c) Free spirits.
(d) Widows.

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

7. What do the boys of the village do during the manhood passage?
(a) Pick plants with thorns.
(b) Walk on hot coals.
(c) Submerge in water.
(d) Eat special herbs.

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

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

10. What does Thula urge her age-mates in Kosawa to do in her letters from America?
(a) Cook more food.
(b) Hunt less often.
(c) Fight Pexton.
(d) Gather money to visit her in America.

11. Who tells a story about burning down a government building in his own European country as a youth?
(a) Alexander.
(b) Maxim.
(c) Hugo.
(d) Heli.

12. What city does Thula go to in America?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) New York.

13. What are the names of the reborn Sakani and Jakani?
(a) Ricki and Bama.
(b) Bamako and Cotonou.
(c) Lorni and Farni.
(d) Victor and Maki.

14. Who was supposed to be next in line to be the village head in Part III?
(a) Pondo.
(b) Woja.
(c) Sonni.
(d) Gona.

15. What does Yaya want Sahel to say yes to?
(a) Marrying the man in Bezam.
(b) Getting a job.
(c) Razing the hut.
(d) Learning to cook.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Yaya about Big Papa's having been abused?

2. What does Pexton tell the laborers is not allowed any more in the third year of The Five's attacks?

3. How old was Sahel when her own father died?

4. Who suggests that women marrying each other is not a bad idea?

5. When does Yaya think she will be reunited with Big Papa?

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