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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. As stated in Part 6, Chapter 2 of Day and Night, during what visit to Africa did the narrator go alone?

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

3. In Night and Day, Part 5, Chapter 5, where was the last place that Hawa's half-brother was in the United States?

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

5. At the end of Part 4, Chapter 11 of Middle Passage, what language did Carrapichano speak?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 5 of Day and Night, where did Tracey and the narrator meet and what did Tracey suggest?

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

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

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

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

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

9. In Chapter 5 of Day and Night, what was the narrator's first job after college?

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

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 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?

Essay Topic 3

The narrator’s mother and Tracey’s mother had similar socio-economic backgrounds, but they were very different in other ways. How were the two women alike and unalike? How did who they were and how they faced life have a positive or negative effect on their daughter’s lives?

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