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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. Where is the well for Nawa?

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

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

4. In Chapter 9, who does Douda ask to go with him to Walou?

5. In the Prologue, from where does the yacht leave?

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

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

5. In Chapter 8, what conversation does Sidi have with Kheira?

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

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

8. What is life like in Nawa?

9. Why was Silvio in desperate need of money?

10. What are evenings like in Nawa?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 2

Sidi lives near the village of Nawa. What do the villagers in Nawa have in common? Why do they all share? What is communicated about community through their relationships?

Essay Topic 3

The Sheik and the prince have ambitious goals for Qafar. Why do the Sheik and the prince want control over Qafar? How does their ambition cause danger for the bees and the Nawis and the country?

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