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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 18, how does Zahrah escape the Carnigourd?

2. In Chapter 13, what type of birds are sleeping in the tree where Zahrah's sleeps her first night in the jungle?

3. In Chapter 19, what color are the words in the field guide when Zahrah tries to read the entry on elgorts?

4. What does the Speculating Speckled Frog say is the meaning of life?

5. What color cloth does Misty give Zahrah to wear before she has a bath?

Short Essay Questions

1. What encounter does Zahrah have with a whip scorpion?

2. In Chapter 17, how does Zahrah spend the next day?

3. How do Zahrah's instincts save her when she passes a plant with a large green and orange striped pod?

4. In Chapter 18, what are some creatures Zahrah sees in Chapter 18?

5. What are the first things that Misty does to treat Zahrah?

6. What does Zahrah eat for breakfast in Chpater 14, and why does she decide not to eat that fruit again?

7. How does Zahrah bathe at Misty's?

8. What advice does the field guide give for a cut by the whip scorpion's whip?

9. In Chapter 19, what does Zahrah do to keep the bush cows from stealing her things?

10. What does Zahrah learn after her first night in the jungle?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Setting is the location or locations where a novel takes place. What is the setting in Zahrah the Windseeker? How does the setting evoke feelings or set the mood in the book?

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