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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. In Night and Day, Part 5, Chapter 4, where did the narrator and her father see Tracey?

2. In Day and Night Part 6, Chapter 3, who did the narrator receive her first email from?

3. In Night and Day, Part 5, Chapter 2, how was the community center that the narrator's mother opened destroyed?

4. How old was Carrapichano, the project manager, in Part 4, Chapter 6 from Middle Passage?

5. In Part 4, Chapter 7 of Middle Passage, what actress did the narrator see first in Ali Baba?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 6 of Day and Night, when did Lamin first appear publicly with Aimee?

3. In chapter 6 of Night and Day, why did Miss Isobel come to visit the narrator and her mother?

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

9. In Chapter 8 of Middle Passage, what was the house like where Aimee stayed?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When money was stolen from Miss Isabel’s dance school, Tracey was immediately a suspect. Why was Tracey a suspect, but the narrator was not? How did class and family differences determine who was a suspect and who was not?

Essay Topic 2

The narrator intended to do something about Tracey’s children at the end of the novel. Why did she intend to do something about Tracey’s children? What did she see Tracey doing with her children? What did seeing the family dancing make the narrator realize? How did that scene affect the narrator and her plans?

Essay Topic 3

The narrator had the guidance of her parents when she approached adolescence. Tracey did not. How did the two girls approach adolescence differently? How did adolescence affect the girls? Why was adolescence referred to as a middle passage?

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