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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far do kids have to walk from Nawa across the steppe to go to school?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) Hours.
(c) 3 hours.
(d) 1 1/2 hours.

2. How long did it take the Varroa to contaminate every hive in Qafar?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 2 decades.
(c) 1 decade.
(d) 15 years.

3. How much did Silvio want for Mino Thor?
(a) 75 million euros.
(b) 45 million euros.
(c) 50 million euros plus 5.
(d) 60 million euros plus 10.

4. In Chapter 6, how long has Sidi had his donkey Staka?
(a) A couple winters.
(b) Several winters.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 2 years.

5. What do the canvassers bring with them in Chapter 5?
(a) Pamphlets.
(b) Water, food, and clothes.
(c) Food, blankets, and clothes.
(d) Flags and books.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tourmi share his hut with in Chapter 9?

2. In Chapter 5, in what month are the democratic elections?

3. In Chapter 5, what color mark does the leader of the canvassers have above his eyes?

4. How fast could Mino Thor kick balls?

5. When did an electoral campaign come to Nawa?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sidi travel to the mountains to find bees?

2. How does the news about Sidi's bees circulate through the village of Nawa?

3. What are evenings like in Nawa?

4. How did Sidi install a new queen in his old hive?

5. What is life like in Nawa?

6. What does the Party of God ask from the Nawis, and how do they show them how to comply with their request?

7. How much does Douda earn selling prickly pears, and what is he able to buy?

8. What does each Nawi receive from the Party of God?

9. Why was Silvio in desperate need of money?

10. What is Sidi's relationship with his bees?

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