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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 the villagers initially keep the Pexton hostages?

2. What weapons do the villagers mostly use?

3. Who is Thula's teacher?

4. What happens in Part II that is very bad for all the villagers regarding Pexton?

5. Who takes the driver's key in Part I?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the relationship between the Pexton laborers and the villagers?

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

3. How does Bongo remember Thula's birth and its aftermath?

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

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

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

7. What happens to Juba in Part I?

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

9. What has broken Bongo's heart in Part II?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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 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.

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