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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bongo notice about Thula's attitude towards babies?

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

3. Who is Malabo's brother?

4. Who are the medicine and mystic men of the village?

5. What weapons do the villagers mostly use?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is "the Spirit" to Kosawans?

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

3. What does Bongo think of his brother Malabo?

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

5. Why do people always avoid touching Konga?

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

7. Why is Thula afraid to go to school the day after Konga takes the Pexton driver's key?

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

9. How do the villagers feel about Woja Beki?

10. What happens to Juba in Part I?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the villagers feel about Jakani and Sakani, and what happens after the twins are slaughtered in the Pexton massacre? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What is the significance of Thula's "Liberation Day," and what happens on this occasion? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What does traditional Kosawan food mean to the villagers, especially when they experience food from other parts of their country and, in Thula's case, in America? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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