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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 Middle Passage, Part 4, Chapter 3, how many children were waiting under a mango tree for Aimee to arrive?

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

3. In Part 4, Chapter 10 of Middle Passage, how many kids were in the Goth group the narrator joined?

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

5. In Middle Passage, Part 4, Chapter 1, what dance did the narrator remember was performed by the greatest dancer she had ever seen?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

10. In Night and Day, Chapter 4, what did Tracey and the narrator do for Miss Isabel.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The narrator allowed the people in her life to take her identity. What events in the novel helped the narrator find her identity? How did finding her identity help her mature and come of age?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Fern made a comment that “with wealth you get to be thoughtless” (253). Why did Fern make that comment? What did he mean by that comment? How did that comment reflect on Aimee’s work in Africa?

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