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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. Who is living in one of Lee's houses in Lusaka?

2. Whose Bead does Naila reboot?

3. Where does Thandi move to after her divorce?

4. Who does Joseph meet at UNZA?

5. Who is Jacob?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Joseph does Joseph contact from his father's phone?

2. Who helps Naila and the boys carry out a secret mission?

3. Who does Thandi meet on a flight?

4. Who falls out of a tree at the end of the chapter "Thandiwe"?

5. Who in Naila's family dies?

6. What does Thandi's husband spend the first few years of the new millenium doing?

7. When did Jacob lose his mother?

8. Who comes to Matha's when Jacob was there?

9. Who dies at Matha's house?

10. Who does Thandi discover living in one of Lee's houses?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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 One Hundred Years Clinic. Who started this clinic, and with what kind of intentions? Who carried on its legacy, and what were their intentions? Use evidence from the text to explain your thoughts.

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