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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 has Darling's mother gone in "Darling on the Mountain"?

2. What is printed on the T-shirt that the woman wears who asks if she can photograph the children in "Hitting Budapest"?

3. What does Bastard take from the wall and play with when the children enter the white people's home in "Blak Power"?

4. What does Mother of Bones do every morning?

5. What road do you take to get to Shanghai from Budapest, according to the narrator in "Country-Game"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is revealed regarding Chipo's circumstances in "Hitting Budapest"?

2. Why are people streaming into Paradise in "How They Appeared"?

3. What objective do Darling and her friends set out to achieve in "We Need New Names"? Do they achieve this objective?

4. What are the perceptions of the coming election in "Real Change"?

5. Where is Shanghai located? How is this setting described?

6. How is the guard described that the children encounter in "Blak Power"?

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

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

9. How is the setting of Paradise described? How many people live in this village?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What events led to Darling's family living in a shack in Paradise? What was their home like before? How does Darling recall the events surrounding losing her childhood home?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the wedding that Darling attends with her aunt's family. Where is the wedding located? For what reason is Aunt Fostalina interested in attending the wedding? What are Darling's impressions of the bride and groom?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the characters of Godknows, Stina, and Bastard in the narrative. How old are these characters when they are introduced? How are they different from one another? What are their relationships like with the protagonist?

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