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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. Where is Khalifa working when he meets Amur Biashara?

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

3. How old is Nassor, Amur Biashara's son, when Khalifa comes to work for the merchant?

4. When the war starts, to where is the schutztruppe to take the train in Chapter 5?

5. How long does Khalifa work for the Gujarati banker brothers?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Hamza and the other recruits spend their afternoons?

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

3. Who is Qassim?

4. How did Amur Biashara do his business, and how did his way of doing business fail him?

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

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

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

8. What was Khalifa's first job?

9. In Chapter 5, what duties does Hamza perform as the Oberleutnant's servant before seven in the morning?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The British establish a blockade after they fail to take the port of Tanga. Why do the British establish a blockade and what are the effects of the blockade?

Essay Topic 2

Ramadhan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and is a time of fasting and prayer. How and why does life change for the characters in Afterlives during Ramadhan?

Essay Topic 3

Tone conveys an author’s attitude toward a topic. What are some techniques an author uses to convey tone? How might tone influence the reader and the reader’s attitude toward a subject? What is the overall tone of Afterlives?

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