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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Bongo and Lukasa die?
(a) Drowning.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Firing squad.
(d) Hanging.

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

3. Who is the new negotiator from Pexton in Part IV?
(a) Mr. Helio.
(b) Mr. Fish.
(c) Mr. Oxam.
(d) Mr. Finn.

4. What does Austin say his mother's advice would be if she were alive?
(a) To travel as much as possible.
(b) To do the best for yourself.
(c) To make sure you donate half of your salary.
(d) To just love and be kind to everyone.

5. What does Yaya recall from when she was a little girl?
(a) European visitors to Kosawa for the first time.
(b) Petting a cat for the first time.
(c) Riding in a car for the first time.
(d) Seeing oil for the first time.

6. What kind of student is Thula?
(a) A serious and bright one.
(b) A lazy one.
(c) A struggling one.
(d) An indifferent one.

7. Who does Sahel once think she wishes she married?
(a) Neba.
(b) Joe.
(c) Juya.
(d) Woja.

8. Who tells Yaya about Big Papa's having been abused?
(a) Malina.
(b) Mele.
(c) Malindi.
(d) Malaika.

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

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

11. Who offers to try to help get the Kosawan men out of prison?
(a) Faran Project.
(b) The Human Rights Movement.
(c) The Restoration Movement.
(d) Helios Project.

12. Where does Thula end up going for school every day?
(a) Frija.
(b) Lokunja.
(c) Bezam.
(d) Camora.

13. Who does Sahel begin to flirt with at times in Part III?
(a) The Sweet One.
(b) The Cute One.
(c) The Thin One.
(d) The Leader.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the seat of government for Kosawa's district?

3. Who do the soldiers take from the square on the day of the massacre?

4. What does Thula say in a letter to The Five that they should die for, if anything?

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

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