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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 does Sylvia live after she gets kicked out of a home?

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

3. Why does Matha have to keep a secret at school?

4. Why does Adriana take her child to live at Villa Serra?

5. Who is SImon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What business does Isabella start with her children?

2. Who is Percy M. Clark?

3. What does Godfrey want to do with his life?

4. Who are Isabella's parents?

5. Who is Grace?

6. Why does Cookie take in a child?

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

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

9. Who cries a lot?

10. What does Matha take from her father?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay describing the author’s narrative tone and writing style. Use examples from the text as evidence for your argument.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you examine the structure of the novel. What is the effect of writing this particular story this way? What does the presence of a third-person, omniscient narrator and chapter endings narrated by a swarm of mosquitoes do to propel the narrative forward, or emphasize important themes? 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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