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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What did Big Papa sometimes do if he did not like the food Yaya cooked for him?
(a) Gave it to his daughter.
(b) Threw it on the floor.
(c) Threw it up.
(d) Gave it to the dog.

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

9. What is one of The Five's favorite celebrations?
(a) The Helios passage.
(b) The red rock passage.
(c) The manhood passage.
(d) The Harvest passage.

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

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

12. Where does Sahel often go to relax?
(a) The lake.
(b) Her veranda.
(c) The desert.
(d) The treehouse.

13. What does The Sweet One ask Sahel to do in Part IV that she refuses to do?
(a) Write to Thula and ask her to stop goading The Five in their efforts against Pexton.
(b) Learn to drive.
(c) Get married.
(d) Come home immediately.

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

15. What does Pexton tell the laborers is not allowed any more in the third year of The Five's attacks?
(a) They can not collect wages any more.
(b) They can not bring their wives or children to the Gardens anymore.
(c) They are uninsurable.
(d) They are all losing their jobs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sahel kick Sonni out of her hut?

2. Who do many people tell Yaya is a replica of her own husband?

3. When does Yaya think things with Pexton get worse than ever?

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

5. What is Thula shocked to learn about in America?

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