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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 happens to Juba for three hours?

2. Where does Wasik's family live?

3. Who is the woman Abeo meets at the shrine?

4. What gift does Juba give to Aymee?

5. Who tells Wasik he is the man of the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Mr. Forester?

2. What does Abeo think sent her to the shrine?

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. What does Wasik ask Abeo one day in her bedroom?

6. What religion does Abeo's family practice?

7. What does Duma catch Aymee with in the girls' hut?

8. What does Grandmother think of Port Masi?

9. What does Ismae do when she finds Grandmother scrubbing bush medicine on Agwe?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Write an essay exploring how Eleanor's relationship with her mother, Serafine, changes throughout the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you describe the tone of the novel. Use specific adjectives to describe the tone, and be sure to include passages from the text to support your claims.

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