Zahrah the Windseeker Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 133 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Zahrah the Windseeker Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 133 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. In Chapter 11, what bites Dari when he and Zahrah are in the jungle?

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

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

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

5. How old was Nsibidi when she first cut her hair?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dari get to the hospital?

2. How was the Kirki library gorwn and nurtured?

3. Why is there no wall between Kirki and the jungle?

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

5. What is the only cure for the bite of a war snake?

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

7. How did Dari and Zahrah meet?

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

9. Why is Zahrah afraid when she starts to rise off her bed?

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

Zahrah frequently encounters the Speculating Speckled Frog. Why is Zahrah confused when she encounters the Speculating Speckled Frog? Who helps her understand this creature and how it can help her? How and why does the frog help Zahrah once Zahrah understands its purpose?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in Zahrah the Windseeker? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters, especially Zahrah?

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