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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 many families live in Nawa?
(a) 100 or so.
(b) About 70.
(c) 105.
(d) 80.

2. When has Sidi noticed that the dances of wild bees is the most perfect and beautiful?
(a) Mid-morning.
(b) Noon.
(c) Dawn.
(d) Sunset.

3. In Chapter 5, how much time passes between the visit of the Party of God and the election?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 8 days.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 2 weeks.

4. How many pounds of goods does each Nawi get from the canvassers in Chapter 5?
(a) About 30.
(b) 25.
(c) 40 or so.
(d) 45.

5. What game is played in Nawa in the evenings?
(a) Ombre.
(b) Briscola.
(c) Scopa.
(d) Primero.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what is the only sound Sidi can hear as he sits outside at night?

2. In Chapter 2, where does Borni the mason say he saw one of Sidi's bees?

3. In how much time was an entire colony of bees destroyed and pillaged?

4. What plants bloom in Chapter 5?

5. How many points can a player gain if the seven of diamonds is combined with other cards in North African scopa?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What do Toumi and Douda think of the voting booth?

6. What decision did the Prince and Silvio make regarding Mino Thor?

7. Why was Silvio in desperate need of money?

8. What is life like in Nawa?

9. How do bees find a new home?

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

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