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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. In Chapter 6, how many jeeps of border guards does Sidi see?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

2. In Chapter 5, what type of flag do the canvassers have?
(a) Black with a white pigeon.
(b) Blue and white with a dove.
(c) Black and red with a sword.
(d) Green and white with a scythe.

3. How many colors of pollen painted on a bee do the children of Nawa say will bring good luck?
(a) At least 3.
(b) 6.
(c) More than 5.
(d) 4.

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

5. In how much time was an entire colony of bees destroyed and pillaged?
(a) 2 1/2 hours.
(b) 1 hour.
(c) 3 hours.
(d) 2 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long before an electoral campaign came to Nawa, had some villagers heard that something had happened on high?

2. How far do kids have to walk from Nawa across the steppe to go to school?

3. In how many years did international investment multiply in Qafar?

4. How long did it take the Varroa to contaminate every hive in Qafar?

5. Why does Sidi go to Kheira's store in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what does Sidi remember about finding the destruction of his bees?

2. In Chapter 5, what are the new canvassers like?

3. How do bees find a new home?

4. How are new queens bred?

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

6. Why is Sidi worried when he goes to town in Chapter 8?

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

8. What decree did the Handsome One make after visiting Nawa, and who benefitted from his decree?

9. Why did the Prince and Silvio Cannelloni get together in the Prologue?

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

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