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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 is the character of Jerome from?

2. Karonga was established as a slaving center sometime before what year?

3. When Charles and Damon part ways, Charles tries to get Damon to stay longer because he fears what in Part 2: The Lover?

4. After her window was broken on the train, a woman with what asked to sit next to Damon in Part 2: The Lover?

5. Karonga is located on the western shore of what lake?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Damon first meet up with Christian, Jerome and Alice in Part Two: The Lover? How did these travelers come together?

2. Where is Damon found traveling in the beginning of Part Two: The Lover? How has he changed?

3. How is the character of Charles first described when Damon meets him in Part Two: The Lover?

4. Where does Damon travel and have a sublime solitary experience in the beginning of Part Two: The Lover? How is it described?

5. What does Damon grow to dislike about his original group of travelers in Malawi in Part Two: The Lover?

6. What crashed into the train window as Damon and his friends traveled in Part Two: The Lover? Who ends up sitting next to Damon on the train?

7. What prevents Damon from getting close to Jerome in their first travels together in Part Two: The Lover? Where does he go with the group after leaving Nhkata Bay?

8. Why are Damon's fellow travelers unable to cross the Malawian border in Part Two: The Lover? Who does Damon meet at the border crossing?

9. How is Lusaka described in Part Two: The Lover? Where do Damon and his fellow travelers go next?

10. About what does Damon worry in Tanzania in Part Two: The Lover? Where do he and his group go to stay in Tanzania?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the character of Damon as the protagonist of the novel and the use of foreshadowing in the first pages of Part One: The Lover. What does this foreshadowing allude to later?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the emotional growth of the protagonist in the beginning of Part Three: The Guardian. What has happened in Damon's life that has given him the capacity to oversee and care for others?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the themes of power and identity in the narrative and the different shifts which take place in the narrative style. How do these narrative shifts relate to the theme of identity?

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