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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 did Big Papa sometimes do if he did not like the food Yaya cooked for him?
2. What is hard for Thula to adjust to in America?
3. Who does Sahel once think she wishes she married?
4. What do the Restoration Movement people assure Sahel of in Part III?
5. Who tells Sahel his uncle is searching for a new wife in Bezam?
Short Essay Questions
1. What shocking revelation does Yaya learn about Big Papa in Part IV?
2. What does Sahel think of Malabo's choice to travel to Bezam in Part III?
3. How do the Koswans believe Jakani and Sakani "return" to them?
4. What does Austin do in the aftermath of the massacre in Kosawa in Part III?
5. Whose is the first blood to spill in the massacre in Part III in Kosawa's town square?
6. What does Sahel tell the Sweet One in Part IV when he tells her about Thula's activities?
7. Who becomes the new village head in Part III, and why is this contentious?
8. What first got Thula to speak more often in Part III?
9. Who did people tell Yaya Thula was a replica of?
10. What did Pexton tell the Kosawans about how long it would take for them to extract oil when they first arrived in the village?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
How do the villagers view Woja Beki in Part I, and how does both their perception of Woja Beki and Woja Beki's character change over the course of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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