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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. During a thunderstorm in Chapter 7, how many askari desert?

2. What is the name of the man in Chapter 8, who takes Hamza to Khalifa at the warehouse?

3. In Chapter 9, how long has the war been over?

4. What was the last name of the man Hamza's father gave him to?

5. In Chapter 10, how many women work for Sungura?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Khalifa usually spend his evenings in Chapter 10?

2. How old is Afiya in Chapter 9, and what are her marriage prospects?

3. What does Hamza tell Khalifa about his background?

4. How is Hamza injured in Chapter 7?

5. What does Hamza learn about Sulemani and how he became a carpenter in Chapter 11?

6. In Chapter 11, what changes during Ramadhan?

7. Where is Hamza taken after his injury, and what does the Oberleutnant tell him before Hamza is left behind in Chapter 7?

8. In Chapter 7, what does a British officer tell the pastor at the mission?

9. How does Hamza start serving in Khalifa and Asha's house?

10. In Chapter 7, how does Pascal serve as Hamza's main nurse?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Hamza and Afiya begin to notice one another. How do Hamza and Afiya begin to notice one another? How and why do they come to love one another and marry?

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