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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 1, what dance did the narrator remember was performed by the greatest dancer she had ever seen?

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 5, what type of ice is being served at the party?

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

5. In Night and Day, Part 5, Chapter 2, where did the narrator see Louie?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. In Middle Passage, Chapter 1, what was the kankurang?

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

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The narrator’s first boyfriend in college was very controlling. How would you describe the relationship between the narrator and Rakim? How did that relationship reveal the narrator’s tendency to be subservient in relationships?

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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