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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 6, Chapter 2 of Day and Night, what could the narrator buy for the price of an African trainee teacher's yearly wage?
(a) Jeans.
(b) Shoes.
(c) Purse.
(d) Coat.

2. In Part 4, Chapter 7 of Middle Passage, how long had it taken the narrator's father to become a Delivery Office Manager?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 12 years.

3. In Middle Passage, Part 4, Chapter 3, what was the temperature as the narrator waited for a ferry?
(a) 40 degrees.
(b) 70 degrees.
(c) 60 degrees.
(d) 50 degrees.

4. At the end of Middle Passage in Part 4, Chapter 12, what had the narrator been drinking?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Beer.
(c) Wine.
(d) Vodka.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Middle Passage, Part 4, Chapter 3, how many children were waiting under a mango tree for Aimee to arrive?

2. In Part 4, Chapter 11 of Middle Passage, how many months after the first visit to Africa did the narrator return?

3. In Day and Night Part 6, Chapter 3, when did the Noted Activist buy his flat?

4. 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?

5. Where did the woman live in the winter who helped build the cafe in Day and Night Part 6, Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 7 of Day and Night, why did the narrator burn Tracey's letter?

2. In Middle Passage, Chapter 1, what was the kankurang?

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

4. In Chapter 6 of Middle Passage, how was the trip to the village different from what the narrator had experienced before Aimee arrived?

5. In Chapter 1 of Night and Day, what was the narrator's father's life like?

6. In Chapter 7 of Day and Night, who was Tracey having an affair with?

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 Night and Day, Chapter 5, where did Hawa's half brother go to school?

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

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