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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 kind of tree does the village gather under at important times?
(a) Mango.
(b) Orange.
(c) Lemon.
(d) Persimmon.

2. What does Pexton claim about the massacre?
(a) They wanted the soldiers to take hostages.
(b) They had nothing to do with the soldiers' actions.
(c) They ordered the soldiers to go in.
(d) They knew about the soldiers but not that they would kill anyone.

3. Who was the first to suggest that it might be the water that was killing and making villagers sick?
(a) Big Papa.
(b) Bongo.
(c) Yaya.
(d) Bissau.

4. What does Konga tell the men about the ones who try to save the village and the ones who try to destroy it?
(a) They are always poor.
(b) They are from different countries.
(c) They are the same.
(d) They are always rich.

5. Who is the first age-mate, and Lukasa's son, that dies that Thula and her friends really take notice of?
(a) Wambi.
(b) Malabo.
(c) Bongo.
(d) Woja.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bongo think of Sahel?

2. What do the villagers call their homes?

3. Who does Sahel remember singing in the bath?

4. What is happening to the village children as a result of pollution in Part I?

5. What weapons do the villagers mostly use?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Austin suggest to Bongo and the others that complicates things for Bongo?

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

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

4. Why do people always avoid touching Konga?

5. What is "the Spirit" to Kosawans?

6. Why are the Kosawans so upset with Pexton in Part I?

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

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

9. How do the villagers feel about Woja Beki?

10. What does Bongo think of his brother Malabo?

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