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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. What is Agnes's role in her club?
2. What club does Agnes join?
3. Why does Isa not want to have more than one child?
4. How do Agnes's parents react when they find out about her boyfriend?
5. Who disapproves of Isa's behavior?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Ronald gone from Africa for five years while Agnes is there?
2. Who cries a lot?
3. What does Godfrey want to do with his life?
4. What happens when Sibilla leaves the house for the first time?
5. Who is Loveness?
6. Why does Cookie take in a child?
7. What business does Isabella start with her children?
8. Who was Matha's schoolteacher?
9. Who is Grace?
10. What happens on the way to Isabella and her husband's honeymoon?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay in which you examine the concept of land/land ownership in the novel, particularly as it pertains to settler colonialism in Africa throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In what ways does this issue present itself in the novel, and how does the novel's characters interact with or interrogate this concept? Use evidence from the text to explain your thoughts.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay in which you examine the concept of Beads in the novel. What are Beads, and what do they do? Why does everyone in Zambia have one? What function do they serve? In what ways do they both hinder and benefit their owners? Use evidence from the text to explain your thoughts.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay in which you examine the theme of motherhood. What are the various shades of motherhood that are presented in the novel? What does motherhood entail? How do the women in the novel challenge, understand, or exceed the expectations of motherhood? Use evidence from the text to explain your thoughts.
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