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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 Part 3, Chapter 18, why are few doctors working in the ward?
(a) They have died.
(b) To protest the war.
(c) Low wages.
(d) The flu epidemic.

2. Dr. Rivers hears a girl meets for sex with how many boys?
(a) Zero.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) One.

3. Where will the funeral boat take Ngea?
(a) To heaven.
(b) To an island.
(c) To his grave.
(d) To sea.

4. Who cares for Dr. Rivers in Part 2, Chapter 10?
(a) His landlady.
(b) His sister.
(c) A fellow doctor.
(d) His father.

5. What happens to Hallett in Part 2, Chapter 13?
(a) He gets married.
(b) He is injured.
(c) He is killed.
(d) He goes home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Billy write a letter to at the end of Part 3, Chapter 17?

2. In Part 3, Chapter 17, what does Billy have to march through?

3. Who does Wansbeck admit to having conversations with?

4. Whose hut does Dr. Rivers dream of approaching in Part 2, Chapter 12?

5. Where does Dr. Rivers dream of in Part 3, Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what happens in Dr. Rivers dream in Part 2, Chapter 12, when the conch shell is blown.

2. Who is Ngea? Describe his death.

3. What is headhunting?

4. What smell brings Billy joy and why?

5. Describe the cave visited by Dr. Rivers after Ngea's death.

6. What is Billy struggling with emotionally at the beginning of Part 3, Chapter 17?

7. Describe the responsibilities Billy has amassed, by Part 3, Chapter 15.

8. What provokes Dr. Rivers's dreams of Njiru?

9. What is ironic about Billy's death?

10. Describe Dr. Rivers's response in his feverish dreams to Emele's mourning.

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