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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 is Thula's mother?

2. What is the group that eventually does get money from Pexton for Kosawa?

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

4. How many men disappeared with Thula's father?

5. Why will no one touch the village "madman" in Part I?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How do the villagers feel about Woja Beki?

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

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

6. Why do people always avoid touching Konga?

7. What was Big Papa like?

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

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

10. What does The Sick One eventually tell the Kosawans in Part II?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

How do the villagers feel about Jakani and Sakani, and what happens after the twins are slaughtered in the Pexton massacre? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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