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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 Abeo do in the puddles outside the hut?

2. Where does the Kata family live?

3. How does Wasik find Ismae one day when he comes home?

4. Where is Mohammed from?

5. Who raises Abeo instead of Serafine?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who tells Serafine that Ismae is in the hospital?

2. What gift does Juba give to Aymee?

3. What do the girls tell Abeo after she dreams of having a child?

4. What makes Ismae realize that Abeo has been taken to the shrine?

5. Who does Abeo see next to Mohammed, and what does she do to him?

6. Who takes Abeo to the shrine, and how?

7. What happens after Ismae spots blood in her underwear one day?

8. Why is Aymee upset after Juba tells her she is fat?

9. Who passes away in Prama?

10. Who are Abeo's parents?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you analyze how Abeo's understanding of her own self-worth changes throughout the novel, particularly after she leaves the shrine. Specifically, how does her understanding of her self-worth change for the better? Use specific passages from the text to support your claims.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you examine Abeo's understanding of why she came to be at the shrine. How does this understanding change by the end of the novel? Use passages from the text to support your claims.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you examine the parallels between the West African tradition of ritual slavery and the American slave trade. Historically, in what ways do these cruel practices compare and contrast?

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