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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 high can bush hoppers jump?

2. Where do Zahrah and Dari decide she can practice in Chapter 10 the next time they come into the jungle?

3. In Chapter 6, how long is it before Zahrah tells her secret aloud?

4. How long has Mrs. Ogbu been telling Dari's mother that he has been coming to the Dark Market?

5. How tall of a wall did the government want to build a long time ago to shield Kirki from the jungle?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was the Kirki library gorwn and nurtured?

2. What happens when Dari is bitten by a war snake?

3. What is known about dada?

4. Who makes Zahrah's life difficult at school?

5. Why does Zahrah struggle to go to the fifth floor of the library, and how does she manage to go to that level?

6. What is Zahrah's computer like?

7. How did Dari and Zahrah meet?

8. Who is Dari?

9. Why does everyone love Papa Grip?

10. What does Nsibidi tell Zahrah about being a Windseeker?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

An epiphany is a realization that can be enlightening and help solve a situation or problem. What epiphanies does Zahrah have in Chapter 14? How do these epiphanies give her confidence?

Essay Topic 2

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How are idioms used in Zahrah the Windseeker to help characters communicate? How do idioms help create word pictures and mental images for readers in a concise manner? How do idioms help readers understand characters, emotions, and ideas?

Essay Topic 3

An inciting incident is an event in literature that causes and presents a problem that characters need to solve. What are some inciting incidents in Zahrah the Windseeker? Why are those incidents inciting incidents?

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