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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 2 of Day and Night, what could the narrator buy for the price of an African trainee teacher's yearly wage?
2. In Middle Passage, Part 4, Chapter 3, how many children were waiting under a mango tree for Aimee to arrive?
3. In Night and Day, Part 5, Chapter 1, what did the narrator's mother want to turn into a community meeting space?
4. At the end of Part 4, Chapter 3 of Middle Passage, how long did it take the narrator to research what she wanted to know in the headmaster's office?
5. In Middle Passage, Part 4, Chapter 5, what actor did the author remember played in Ali Baba Goes to Town?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 4, where did the narrator and Lamin go and what did they do there?
2. In Chapter 12 of Middle Passage, where did the narrator see Tracey, and how did the narrator and her mother help her?
3. In Night and Day, Chapter 5, where did Hawa's half brother go to school?
4. In Chapter 9 of Middle Passage, how would the narrator and her mother spend their Saturdays?
5. In Chapter 2 of Middle Passage, what were age mates and how did they help Lamin?
6. In Night and Day, Chapter 4, what did Tracey and the narrator do for Miss Isabel.
7. In Chapter 1 of Day and Night, what did the narrator say about getting into college?
8. In Chapter 5 of Day and Night, where did Tracey and the narrator meet and what did Tracey suggest?
9. In Chapter 1 of Night and Day, what was the narrator's father's life like?
10. In Chapter 11 of Middle Passage, who was Hawa?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The narrator’s mother was critical of the narrator’s relationship with Aimee. Why was the narrator’s mother critical of the narrator’s relationship with Aimee? How and why did the narrator’s mother believe that the relationship was damaging to the narrator?
Essay Topic 2
The novel is told from the point of view of the narrator. How does the point of view of the novel determine what readers know about events and characters? How does the point of view affect what readers think of the narrator? How does the point of view affect the plot?
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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