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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 Jigana want to do to Maisha's clients?

2. What do the family members do when they eat the food that Maisha has brought home?

3. Mama downs a bottle of _______________ which is usually reserved for the children.

4. What does Baba do to the taxi driver?

5. Where does Maisha keep all her belongings?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Jigana and his siblings get money from people on the streets?

2. Who is Fofo Kpee?

3. How does Fofo Kpee explain the delivery of the new motorcycle to the children?

4. Why is Maisha a prostitute at the age of twelve?

5. Who are the members of Jigana's family?

6. What is Baba's fantasy about Maisha's life and how does the rundown taxi actually symbolize the life Maisha will have?

7. What is the premise of "Fattening for Gabon"?

8. Where are the parents of the children and why do they live with Fofo Kpee?

9. Who is Big Guy and what is he looking for at Fofo Kpee's house?

10. Why would Kotchikpa think that the motorcycle is a reward from God?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evil is an important theme in the stories. Can you cite an example to support this theme? Name two other themes and cite examples to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

The author uses more than one iteration on the theme of disappointment. Identify at least two characters in the stories who either embody or experience disappointment then cite an example to support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Loss seems to be almost an unnamed character in the book. How pervasive is the sense of loss? Why does it have such a prevalent place in the characters' lives? Explain how an inanimate object or characteristic can be a character.

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