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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bongo ask the Spirit for every morning?
(a) Water.
(b) Reasons to be grateful.
(c) His brother back.
(d) Healing.

2. Where do the villagers initially keep the Pexton hostages?
(a) Hari's.
(b) Wari's.
(c) Lukasa's.
(d) Malabo's.

3. How many sick children does Bongo take note of in his narration in Part II?
(a) 3.
(b) 10.
(c) 20.
(d) 7.

4. How many men disappeared with Thula's father?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 10.
(d) 6.

5. Who is one of Sahel's best friends?
(a) Boja.
(b) Cocody.
(c) Fara.
(d) Wimi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Thula's father?

2. Who is the village leader at the beginning of Part I?

3. Who do the elders place under what is effectively house arrest?

4. What does Pexton claim about the massacre?

5. What is the real name of The Sick One?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bongo think of his brother Malabo?

2. What changes does Bongo see in Thula as she grows in Part II?

3. What does Bongo think when he first meets Austin?

4. Why did many people try to dissuade Malabo from traveling to the capital to appeal to Pexton?

5. What happens to Juba in Part I?

6. What is the significance of the leopard to the Kosawans?

7. What does The Sick One eventually tell the Kosawans in Part II?

8. Why do people always avoid touching Konga?

9. What do the Kosawans ask the three Pexton leaders for in Part II?

10. What tragedy has struck Thula's family in her childhood?

(see the answer keys)

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