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

2. Of the Pexton men, who seems to hate the villagers the most?

3. What does The Sick One tell the villagers about getting help?

4. What did Bongo once go to school to be?

5. What happens to Thula's father in Part I?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is "the Spirit" to Kosawans?

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

3. What happens to Juba in Part I?

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

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

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

7. What was Big Papa like?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay describing the nature and significance of Thula's and Austin's romantic relationship.

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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