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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 5, what color nightgown is Zahrah wearing?

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

3. In Chapter 4, what does Zahrah use to hold her hair together?

4. Where did Dari and Zahrah meet?

5. What does Zahrah's mother sell in the market?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Dari and Zahrah meet?

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

3. How was the Kirki library gorwn and nurtured?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Who is Dari?

10. How does Dari get to the hospital?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The gorillas view technology negatively. How do the gorillas and the Ooni view technology differently? What do the views of the gorillas and the Ooni reveal about the pros and cons of technology?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Novels can be structured and divided in different ways. How does the structure of a novel provide clarity and flow to a story? What are chapter titles? What are some purposes of chapter titles? How does Okorafor-Mbachu use chapter titles in Zahrah the Windseeker?

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