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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 Gbessa chant to herself on the ship?

2. Where do Norman and June Dey travel together?

3. How does Norman help protect the villagers being attacked?

4. Whose household does Gbessa eventually go to for work?

5. What does Norman teach June Dey to do in order to survive more easily?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Norman escape from jail?

2. What changes Gbessa's situation and makes it so she must leave the Johnson's and Maisy?

3. What does Norman suggest Gbessa's gift might be, after she is taken?

4. What does Gbessa think when she first sees Marlene Johnson, and how does Marlene react?

5. What secret does Gbessa tell Maisy when they get to know each other?

6. What sight greets Norman in a ravaged village in Part III that changes the way he thinks about using his gift?

7. How does Gbessa react to Norman and June Dey at first?

8. How does Gerald Tubman feel about Gbessa?

9. What surprises Norman about his jailers when he first sees them in Monrovia?

10. What does Maisy insist on doing to Gbessa's hair?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think Moore begins Gbessa's story in this novel with the aftermath of Gbessa's poisonous snake bite, and how does this choice set the reader's expectation for the rest of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What thoughts, feelings, and/or articles of faith sustain Gbessa during her years of exile and wandering, and after she is abducted by slavers and left for dead? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What finally makes Charlotte Emerson realize she has been a ghost for decades, and how does she cope with the truth of this reality when she discovers it? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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