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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. What color uniforms do the Chinese men wear in Shanghai in "Country-Game"?

2. Where does Sbho say she saw the television show "ER" in "We Need New Names"?

3. What is the toddler holding hands with in the picture in the white people's house in "Blak Power"?

4. Who is called in to pray for Darling's father in "Shhhh"?

5. Who finds the rusted clothes hanger to use to remove Chipo's stomach in "We Need New Names"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How old is the protagonist when the novel begins? What is her family like?

4. What is the symbolic significance of the Lamborghini that appears in the novel?

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

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

7. What is ironic about the development that is being erected in “Country-Game”?

8. How does MotherLove respond when she encounters Darling and her friends in "We Need New Names"?

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

10. Why are Darling and her friends going to Budapest in "Hitting Budapest"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe and analyze the character of Mother of Bones in the novel. What is Mother of Bones's relationship to Darling? What activities is this character associated with? What is Mother of Bones's status in the community?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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