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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. What is a boy hammering nails into as Hamza passes a yard whose wooden gates stand wide open in Chapter 8?
2. Why did Hamza's father give him away?
3. What are the names of the pastor's daughters in Chapter 7?
4. Where the schutztruppe is fighting in Chapter 7, how long has it been since they fought the Wahehe there before?
5. During the last week of the war in Chatper 7, how far do the British and Allied Forces follow the schutztruppe?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where is Hamza taken after his injury, and what does the Oberleutnant tell him before Hamza is left behind in Chapter 7?
2. What does Khalifa tell Hamza happened to Hashim Abubakar, the man he worked for?
3. How does Afiya begin coming to Hamza's room in Chapter 11?
4. How is Hamza injured in Chapter 7?
5. What word does Hamza do as he heals in Chapter 7?
6. What type of wedding do Hamza and Afiya have and where do they live after they are married?
7. In Chapter 7, how does Pascal serve as Hamza's main nurse?
8. In Chapter 7, what does a British officer tell the pastor at the mission?
9. What does Hamza learn about Sulemani and how he became a carpenter in Chapter 11?
10. How does Sulemani learn that Hamza can speak and read German in Chapter 10?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Artistic license is the way that an author creates, art, music, or writing based upon her interpretation of life. How does Gurnah use artistic license to create the realistic background 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
The schutztruppe is the German colonial army. How are African recruits treated in the schutztruppe? How are the schutztruppe cruel to African recruits and native peoples?
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