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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. When did an electoral campaign come to Nawa?

2. How many families live in Nawa?

3. Who is the Nawi who does not vote for the party of God?

4. How much royal jelly will a worker bee produce in her lifetime?

5. If Mamar is taken out, who will claim his fortune?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Silvio in desperate need of money?

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

3. What are evenings like in Nawa?

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

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

6. Why is Douda going to Walou to sell prickly pears?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sidi has been a beekeeper for a long time. How does Sidi manage his bees? What is involved in beekeeping, and how does Sidi care for his bees?

Essay Topic 2

When Sidi goes to the capital, he rests under the statue of Ibn Khaldun. Who was Ibn Khaldun? How did Khaldun’s saying that “Man is social by nature” relate to Sidi’s quest?

Essay Topic 3

The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of the novel and why is that incident the climax?

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