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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, how many years had Judy been with Aimee?

2. In Part 5, Chapter 2 of Night and Day, how old were the children that the narrator saw Louie and a woman with?

3. In Part 4, Chapter 11 of Middle Passage, how many months after the first visit to Africa did the narrator return?

4. In Night and Day, Part 5, Chapter 1, what color did the narrator help her mother paint the new community meeting space?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 6 of Middle Passage, how was the trip to the village different from what the narrator had experienced before Aimee arrived?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 did not find college to be the experience she had expected. What had the narrator expected from a college experience? How did she struggle with the options she had available? Why did she feel guilty about attending college because of her upbringing?

Essay Topic 3

Aimee had children and believed that any woman should be able to handle single parenthood like she did. What was Aimee’s view of motherhood and what type of a mother was she to her children? Why did most single mothers, like the narrator’s or Tracey’s mother, struggle with being a single parent in contrast to Aimee?

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