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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. Who are some of the first to shed blood in the massacre?

2. Where do Thula and her family live?

3. Where do the oil company laborers live?

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

5. What happens to Sahel shortly after Malabo disappears?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the villagers feel about Woja Beki?

2. What is "the Spirit" to Kosawans?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What happens to Juba in Part I?

9. Why are the Kosawans so upset with Pexton in Part I?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do Pexton's actions, over the course of generations, successfully and fully alienate Kosawans from their own land and traditions? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What sequence of plot events does Konga's taking the Pexton driver's key in Part I start off? 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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