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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 far does the road go into the jungle before it tapers into a path?

2. What is the busiest day and hour of the week at the market?

3. Where do Zahrah's people have mirrors embedded into their clothing?

4. In Chapter 1, where does Papa Grip want Zahrah's mother to speak?

5. How old is Zahrah in the Prologue?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does everyone love Papa Grip?

2. What does Obax, one of the idiok, want Dari to have?

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

4. Who is Dari?

5. Why is it obvious that Zahrah is dada when she is born?

6. What is Zahrah's computer like?

7. What happened to Zahrah when she got home from school in Chapter 5?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As Zahrah travels through the jungle, she encounters problems and dangers. What problems and dangers does Zahrah encounter? How is she resourceful when solving these problems and eluding the dangers?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The idiok know Zahrah and Dari’s destiny. What do the idiok know about Zahrah and Dari’s destiny? How does Nsibidi try to change their destiny? Why can destiny not be changed?

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