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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 many girls does Bi Habiba teach in her home before Afiya is sent to learn from her?

2. In Chapter 6, when do the British forces enter Tanga?

3. How long does Afiya have a cast on her hand in Chapter 4?

4. In Chapter 5, where does the officer say that he is from?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Khalifa educated?

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

3. How do the Germans end the Maji Maji uprising?

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

5. Who does Khalifa work for after the Gujarat banker brothers decide to transfer their business to Mombasa?

6. How does Ilyas come to work at the sisal estate?

7. Why does Afiya return to her village and then return again to the city?

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

9. What do Hamza and the other recruits learn in their training sessions with German subaltern Feldwebel Walther?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mood is an element that authors use to evoke feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. Mood is the overall feeling that readers have when reading a story. What is the overall mood of Afterlives?

Essay Topic 2

Setting is the place and time where a narrative takes place. Where and when does Afterlives take place? How does the setting evoke feelings or set the mood in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Hamza becomes the Oberleutnant’s batman. How would you describe Hamza’s relationship to the Oberleutnant?

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