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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 4, how old is Afiya when she gets her own room for the first time?

2. What month and day does Afiya select for her birthday in Chapter 6?

3. How old is a young girl who brings Ilyas and his host coffee in Chapter 2?

4. What year do Khalifa and Asha marry?

5. After the muadhin's call to afternoon prayer, how long does Khalifa return to work in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 5, how is Hamza under the Oberleutnant's protection?

2. How does Hamza take to the harsh regime in Chapter 3?

3. When Nassor Biashara moves Khalifa to the warehouse and lowers his salary, what does Khalifa do?

4. In Chapter 5 how does the schutztruppe fight on?

5. What is Afiya's life like when Ilyas takes her to the city?

6. What does Hamza learn from the sick report he collects from the medical officer and takes to the Oberleutnant?

7. How do Khalifa's parents die?

8. What is Hamza's first evening like as askari?

9. How does Afiya spend the first few months she is with Khalifa and Asha?

10. What was Khalifa's first job?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters?

Essay Topic 2

In Afterlives, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the storyline? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

Essay Topic 3

Hamza believes that Feldwebel Walther is an example of a typical German officer. How does the way that Walther abuses the power he has as a German soldier cause Hamza to see Wlather as an example of a typical German soldier?

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