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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 Austin say his mother's advice would be if she were alive?

2. What does Thula think of the Restoration Movement?

3. What is His Excellency obsessed with?

4. Who suggests that women marrying each other is not a bad idea?

5. Who was Woja Beki's father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has Yaya heard about the key to His Excellency's longevity?

2. Whose is the first blood to spill in the massacre in Part III in Kosawa's town square?

3. Why do Thula and Austin separate?

4. Who did people tell Yaya Thula was a replica of?

5. Why was Kosawa spared when white people came to snatch Black people for slaves, according to Yaya?

6. How does Thula survive the massacre in Part III?

7. What does Sahel tell the Sweet One in Part IV when he tells her about Thula's activities?

8. When do the Koswans first receive money from Pexton, and why?

9. What do the Kosawans think of Mr. Fish?

10. What ultimately happens to Bongo in Part III?

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 happens in Kosawa after Austin, the American journalist, really does write Kosawa's story from the villagers' perspective? 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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