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

2. In Part 6, Chapter 5 of Day and Night, what did Bahram say was his game?

3. In Night and Day, Part 5, Chapter 3, how many school children were missing after the arrival of Fern and the narrator?

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

5. In Part 4, Chapter 9 of Middle Passage, what did the narrator often do with her mother on Saturdays?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

One time when barhopping with Aimee, the narrator ended up singing with the piano player. Why did Aimee imply that the song revealed that the narrator was not a happy person? Why did the incident cause a rift between the two women? What did the narrator singing symbolize?

Essay Topic 2

The narrator and Tracey watched a 1936 movie titled Swing Time. What did the movie represent to the girls? What did it symbolize? How was the fact that the author used the title of the movie as the book title symbolic?

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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