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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 ask the Spirit for every morning?

2. What is the real name of The Sick One?

3. Who is Thula's brother?

4. Who is Malabo's brother?

5. Who is one of Sahel's best friends?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do people always avoid touching Konga?

2. What is "the Spirit" to Kosawans?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How do the villagers feel about Woja Beki?

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

10. Why does The Sick One want to go home so badly?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Juba find out, decades later, about "The Leader" from Pexton who the Kosawans kidnapped, and how does this knowledge affect Juba's perspective about the suffering that Pexton brought to both Kosawa and others?

Essay Topic 2

What is the relationship between the government - particularly His Excellency - and Pexton? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Why is it important that Yaya, years after her husband Big Papa's death, hears about the truth of his sexual abuse as a boy? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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