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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 Day and Night, Part 6, Chapter 1, what was the narrator studying at college?
(a) Media.
(b) Gender Studies.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) History.

2. In Part 4, Chapter 6 from Middle Passage, how many songs did most of the young teachers have on their phones?
(a) 40.
(b) 15 to 20.
(c) 30 or so.
(d) 20.

3. In Part 5, Chapter 6 of Night and Day, how long after the money disappeared did Mr. Booth have to quit playing piano at Miss Isabel's dance class?
(a) A week.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 3 days.

4. In Day and Night, Part 6, Chapter 1, how far was the university the narrator attended from the English Channel?
(a) 2 miles.
(b) 1/4 mile.
(c) 1 mile.
(d) 1/2 mile.

5. In Night and Day, Part 5, Chapter 4, when did Tracey and the narrator help with Miss Isabel's end-of-summer show?
(a) June.
(b) August.
(c) July.
(d) September.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 6, Chapter 6 of Day and Night, what entertainment was there for Jay's birthday party?

2. In Part 4, Chapter 8 of Middle Passage, how old were Jay and Kara?

3. In Middle Passage, Part 4, Chapter 1, what was an old woman eating who sat on the roof of the taxi that the narrator was riding in?

4. After the community center was destroyed, where did the narrator's mother hold community meetings?

5. In Part 5, Chapter 6, Night and Day, how much money was missing from Miss Isabel's cash boxes?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 11 of Middle Passage, who was Hawa?

2. In Chapter 9 of Middle Passage, how would the narrator and her mother spend their Saturdays?

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

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

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

6. In Chapter 2 of Day and Night, what was a year off?

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

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

9. In Night and Day, Chapter 3, what did the narrator and Fern eat together for the evening meal?

10. In Chapter 4, where did the narrator and Lamin go and what did they do there?

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