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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 Christian?

2. Who gets thrown into jail?

3. Who is Scholie?

4. How does the salon burn down?

5. Who is Salina?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did Jacob lose his mother?

2. Who teaches Jacob to read?

3. What happens when Thandi meets Agnes Banda?

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

5. What does Naila want to do to the STOP signs in Lusaka?

6. Who in Naila's family dies?

7. What boy does Joseph meet while at One Hundred Years Clinic?

8. What does Mai see the morning after the mission?

9. What does the General want from Jacob?

10. What is "The Vulture"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you examine inter-generational trauma in the novel. What is inter-generational trauma, and what characters in the novel feel its effects the most? What traumas are inherited throughout generations, and by whom? What are these traumas? How do they impact these characters? Use evidence from the text to explain your thoughts.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you examine the significance of hair in the novel. Why is hair important for several characters, and across several generations? What function does hair serve in the novel, narratively and figuratively? Use evidence from the text to explain your thoughts.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you examine what it means to be a woman based on the story of one female character from the book of your choosing. What does being a woman in the world entail for this character? Use evidence from the text to explain your thoughts.

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