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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 drops on Zahrah's shoulder when she goes into the jungle in Chapter 10?

2. In Chapter 11, what bites Dari when he and Zahrah are in the jungle?

3. In Chapter 8, what is Nsibidi selling when Zharah and Dari visit the Dark Market?

4. How long was the Ekois' son missing after he went to the Dark Market?

5. What color pajamas does Dari wear in the hospital in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Dari?

2. What story do some farm workers tell Zahrah and Dari when they see the kids going into the jungle?

3. How does Dari react when Zahrah tells him about her ability?

4. What book does Dari check out from the library in Chapter 7?

5. How does Zahrah learn how to get to the Dark Market?

6. How does Zahrah describe stepping over the border into the jungle?

7. What is known about dada?

8. How was the Kirki library gorwn and nurtured?

9. From whom does Zahrah ask directions to the oil lady's booth, and what do they have in common?

10. What is Zahrah's computer like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Verisimilitude ensures that even a story that is fantasy is rooted in reality and plausible. How does Okorafork-Mbachu create a believable world in Zahrah the Windseeker?

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