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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, who was the narrator with when she saw a dance performed by the greatest dancer she had ever seen?

2. In Part 5, Chapter 6 of Night and Day, who did Tracey's mother accuse of something terrible?

3. At the end of Middle Passage, Part 4, Chapter 12, where did the narrator and her mother take Tracey?

4. In Day and Night Part 6, Chapter 4, how long did Aimee have no meetings with anyone but Judy after an affair with a producer broke up?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The narrator lost friends when she became a teen. Why did the narrator decide to become Goth as a teenager? What did that decision symbolize and why?

Essay Topic 2

Aimee believed that with her money she could achieve real change in the real world. Why did Aimee not trust governments, charities, or churches to do good at home or internationally? Why did Aimee believe that wealthy people had to be involved for real change to occur?

Essay Topic 3

The narrator intended to do something about Tracey’s children at the end of the novel. Why did she intend to do something about Tracey’s children? What did she see Tracey doing with her children? What did seeing the family dancing make the narrator realize? How did that scene affect the narrator and her plans?

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