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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. How does June Dey first discover his gift?

2. Who or what whispers into Gbessa's ear, giving her encouragement?

3. Who takes Nanni's child in after Nanni dies?

4. How does Norman board the ship?

5. Where is Gbessa taken for her exile?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Callum shoot at both Nanni and Norman?

2. What likely becomes of Callum after he searches in the mountains for Nanni and Norman?

3. Who ends up taking care of June Dey and why?

4. Why is Gbessa banished from Lai for a second time?

5. Who takes Norman in after Nanni's death, and how do these people treat him?

6. What is Darlene's big secret?

7. What is unusual about the circumstances of June Dey's birth?

8. Why is Dey brought to the Emerson plantation?

9. What do the Lai villagers call Gbessa?

10. Why does Khati try to delay Gbessa's birth?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does June Dey discover his gift, and what does he do with it afterwards? How does meeting Norman change June Dey's understanding of his gift and how he may choose to use it? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What significant trait/desire do both Safua and June Dey share in relation to how they feel about their duty towards their people? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What is Gbessa's relationship with her mother Khati like? How does Khati try to help Gbessa, and how does Khati cope with the reality of the tragic turn her life takes after, and as a result of, Gbessa's birth? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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