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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. How do Agnes's parents react when they find out about her boyfriend?

2. Who is the father of Matha's child?

3. What is the Old Drift?

4. Who is Matha's sister?

5. Who is Naila?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Sibilla leaves the house for the first time?

2. How does Agnes's family react to her relationship with Ronald?

3. Who is Adrianna, and what does she do?

4. Who kidnaps Sylvia?

5. Why does Edward Mukuka Nkoloso get sent to prison?

6. Why does Agnes stop playing tennis for a while?

7. Why does Cookie take in a child?

8. What is special about Sibilla's hair?

9. Who is Grace?

10. Who is Loveness?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you examine the occurrence of power cuts in Zambia toward the end of the novel, which takes place in the present day. What is the greater significance of these power cuts? Why are they happening, and who is having to suffer for them? Use evidence from the text to explain your thoughts.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you explain the concept of colonialism in the novel. How is colonialism addressed within the text? Which characters make points of addressing it, and in what way? Use evidence from the text to explain your thoughts.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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