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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 old is Bastard in "Hitting Budapest"?

2. What letters are on the church badge that the guard wears in "Blak Power"?

3. How old is Chipo in "Hitting Budapest"?

4. MaS'banda has gotten the children to come to Shanghai to find what man in "Country-Game"?

5. What is the name of Bastard's little sister that he is supposed to be watching in "Hitting Budapest"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the objective of Darling and her friends in going to Shanghai? Do they achieve their objective?

2. How is Darling's father described when he returns in "Shhhh"?

3. From whose perspective is the narrative of We Need New Names related? Why do you think the author has chosen this narrative style?

4. What happens when the lorries from NGO arrive in “Country-Game”?

5. What happens when the white couple comes to the door in "Blak Power"?

6. Who is Mother of Bones and why is Darling staying with her in "Darling on the Mountain"?

7. What does Chipo reveal to Darling during the church service in "Darling on the Mountain"? Why?

8. What does Prophet Revelations Bitchington Mborro require to heal Darling's father?

9. How does the narrative style change in “How They Appeared"?

10. What do the children observe at the overseer's tent when they arrive in “Country-Game”?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Chipo's circumstances in the novel. How old is Chipo when she becomes pregnant? Who impregnated her? How has Chipo's pregnancy affected her?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze the cahracter of Aunt Fostalina in We Need New Names. How old is Aunt Fostalina? Why does she bring Darling to live with her? What is Aunt Fostalina's relationship like with Uncle Kojo?

Essay Topic 3

What role does the NGO play in the lives of the characters in Paradise? What does "NGO" stand for? How are the characters associated with the NGO portrayed in the novel?

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