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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 area does Callum think of as a source of Nanni's power?

2. Who reminds Safua of Gbessa in Part II?

3. Who are the field slave drivers beating when Charlotte tries to intervene?

4. What is the word the natives use for Callum to mean white man?

5. What does Nanni tell Norman to remember?

Short Essay Questions

1. What refrain does Gbessa say repeatedly to herself?

2. What does the Master order to happen to Darlene that traumatizes her?

3. What is unusual about Charlotte's and Dey's relationship?

4. Why is Mistress Emerson so fixated on the skin color of June Dey?

5. Why is Dey brought to the Emerson plantation?

6. How does Callum Aragon treat Nanni at first?

7. What do Gbessa and some of the other Lai villagers associate the appearance of the moon with?

8. Who is the only one in the village that shows kindness to Gbessa, and why does this person do so?

9. Why is Edith so hurt when the plantation starts breaking up into pieces?

10. Why do Darlene and Master Emerson have a terrible fight?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Darlene's final altercation with Mistress Emerson reveal about the deeper truths of the dehumanization and brutality white slave owners visited upon slaves? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Why does Norman Aragon first help Gbessa when he encounters her on the road, and why and how does Gbessa eventually begin to trust Norman? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

At the very end of the novel, Gbessa, Norman, and June Dey are all reunited to fight for the future of Liberia on the beach, and they are outnumbered against the French. Even so, Gbessa is confident of her "resurrection." Write an essay explaining the significance of this battle and of the reuniting of the three protagonists at this moment in the plot.

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