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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. Where do Thula and her family live?

2. Who is Thula's mother?

3. What happens to Sahel shortly after Malabo disappears?

4. What does Konga tell the men about the ones who try to save the village and the ones who try to destroy it?

5. What is the capital city of the country?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do people always avoid touching Konga?

2. What does Bongo think of his brother Malabo?

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

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

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

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

7. What is "the Spirit" to Kosawans?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do Thula's childhood relationships with both her father, Malabo, and with Big Papa influence her actions as an adult? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What is Thula shocked to discover - specifically - about the way some Americans treat their own countrypeople when she lives in America for a number of years? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What happens when Thula finally returns to Kosawa from America, and how does Thula describe her own decision to do so? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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