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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 4, Chapter 9 of Middle Passage, when did the author take a test for a scholarship?
(a) July.
(b) August.
(c) June.
(d) May.

2. In Middle Passage, Part 4, Chapter 1, who was the narrator with when she saw a dance performed by the greatest dancer she had ever seen?
(a) Errol.
(b) Lamin.
(c) Judy.
(d) Aimee.

3. In Night and Day, Part 5, Chapter 5, where was the last place that Hawa's half-brother was in the United States?
(a) Boston.
(b) New York.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Boulder.

4. In Middle Passage, Part 4, Chapter 3, how many children were waiting under a mango tree for Aimee to arrive?
(a) At least 100.
(b) About 75.
(c) 83.
(d) 98.

5. In Night and Day, Part 5, Chapter 3, how many school children were missing after the arrival of Fern and the narrator?
(a) 2.
(b) 9.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Day and Night, Part 6, Chapter 1, how far was the university the narrator attended from the English Channel?

2. How much younger was Hawa than the narrator?

3. In Day and Night Part 6, Chapter 4, when was the slavery museum built?

4. In Part 6, Chapter 2 of Day and Night, what could the narrator buy for the price of an African trainee teacher's yearly wage?

5. In Night and Day, Part 5, Chapter 5, what type of ice is being served at the party?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 4 of Middle Passage, how did authority shift between the narrator and her mother?

2. In Chapter 2 of Middle Passage, what were age mates and how did they help Lamin?

3. In Chapter 6 of Day and Night, how and why did the narrator think she was being punished?

4. In Night and Day Chapter 2, who did the narrator see Louie with?

5. In Chapter 7 of Middle Passage, why did the narrator's father say in the flat after he and the narrator's mother split up?

6. In Night and Day, Chapter 4, what did Tracey and the narrator do for Miss Isabel.

7. In Chapter 5 of Day and Night, where did Tracey and the narrator meet and what did Tracey suggest?

8. In Chapter 1 of Day and Night, what did the narrator say about getting into college?

9. In Chapter 12 of Middle Passage, where did the narrator see Tracey, and how did the narrator and her mother help her?

10. In Chapter 5 of Day and Night, what was the narrator's first job after college?

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