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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 the newspaperman suggest to Bongo about travel?
(a) He wants to come to Kosawa with Bongo and the others.
(b) He wants them all to go to America.
(c) He wants them to go to the big lake.
(d) He wants them all to go to Egypt.

2. What kind of house does the village leader live in?
(a) Clapboard.
(b) Brick.
(c) Mud.
(d) Wood.

3. Who is Malabo's brother?
(a) Lukasa.
(b) Woja.
(c) Bongo.
(d) Wambi.

4. Why will no one touch the village "madman" in Part I?
(a) He has skin lesions.
(b) They think they will be cursed if they do.
(c) He has promised certain death to anyone that does.
(d) He never comes to the village, so they never see him.

5. What happens in Part II that is very bad for all the villagers regarding Pexton?
(a) The oil dries up.
(b) The villagers get guns.
(c) The Sick One dies in captivity in Kosawa.
(d) All of the children in the village die.

Short Answer Questions

1. What carries mystical power in Kosawa?

2. What eventually happens after The Sick One dies?

3. What weapons do the villagers mostly use?

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

5. What do the villagers call the person in charge from the oil company who visits the village?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Big Papa like?

2. How does Bongo remember Thula's birth and its aftermath?

3. What happens when the soldiers do actually come to Kosawa in Part I?

4. What happens to Malabo and the others when they go to the capital to meet with Pexton?

5. What has broken Bongo's heart in Part II?

6. What does Bongo ask the Spirit for every morning?

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

8. What does Bongo think of his brother Malabo?

9. What does Konga do that begins to change everything for Kosawa in Part I?

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

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