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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What great memory did Yaya's husband tell her about?
(a) Eating meat for the first time.
(b) The ceremony that made him a man.
(c) Spending two weeks on the beach.
(d) The trip he took to America.

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

3. What does The Sweet One tell Yaya and Sahel about Thula?
(a) She is not really learning in America.
(b) She is egging on the youth in Kosawa to make trouble.
(c) She is dying.
(d) She is coming home soon.

4. Who does Thula meet from her past in America?
(a) Roja.
(b) Helen.
(c) Austin.
(d) Pondo.

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

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

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

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

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

10. What kind of leader is the leader of Thula's country?
(a) A ruge.
(b) A president.
(c) A dictator.
(d) A king.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Sahel once think she wishes she married?

2. Who is the new negotiator from Pexton in Part IV?

3. Who first brings up the idea that Kosawa's children will benefit from advanced schooling?

4. 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?

5. What is one of The Five's favorite celebrations?

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