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

2. Who was one of the few people not to believe Pexton's lies from the beginning?
(a) Sahel.
(b) Juba.
(c) Big Papa.
(d) Bongo.

3. What does Yaya want Sahel to say yes to?
(a) Learning to cook.
(b) Getting a job.
(c) Marrying the man in Bezam.
(d) Razing the hut.

4. What does Thula urge her age-mates in Kosawa to do in her letters from America?
(a) Fight Pexton.
(b) Gather money to visit her in America.
(c) Hunt less often.
(d) Cook more food.

5. 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. What is hard for Thula to adjust to in America?

2. How old was Sahel when her own father died?

3. How do Bongo and Lukasa die?

4. What does The Sweet One ask Sahel to do in Part IV that she refuses to do?

5. Why does Sahel resent Malabo so much after his disappearance?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Pexton tell the Kosawans about how long it would take for them to extract oil when they first arrived in the village?

2. What has Yaya heard about the key to His Excellency's longevity?

3. How does Thula survive the massacre in Part III?

4. How does Sahel feel about taking care of Yaya?

5. Who did people tell Yaya Thula was a replica of?

6. What does Thula believe - at first - about the Restoration Movement?

7. Who becomes the new village head in Part III, and why is this contentious?

8. Whose is the first blood to spill in the massacre in Part III in Kosawa's town square?

9. What do the people from the Restoration Movement promise Sahel specifically?

10. What shocking revelation does Yaya learn about Big Papa in Part IV?

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