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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. When was Haile Selasssie crowned emperor?

2. How much more money does Professor Koahzy bring in in Chapter 1 than was collected previously during the meeting?

3. In Chapter 5, what type of coat is Seraphine wearing when she visits Bunchetta?

4. In Chapter 1, how much money does Professor Koahzy think he could have raised if he had been in charge?

5. In Chapter 7, how many members of the Hands to Ethiopia group attend an emergency executive meeting?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Prudhomme Bishop described in Chapter 6?

2. In Chapter 1, how is the parade described?

3. How is Lij Alamaya a special guest at the residence of Pablo Peixota?

4. Who is Newton Castle?

5. Who is Lela Witern, and how does she include her husband when giving parties?

6. In Chapter 4, why does Castle want to take Dorsey Flagg off the Hands to Ethiopia committee?

7. Who is Professor Koazhy?

8. When people start calling for Dorsey Flagg's removal, who helps quell the outcry?

9. In Chapter 4, why are whites not wanted to join the Hands to Ethiopia group?

10. In Chapter 9, why does Mrs. Leah Arzell call Kezia Peixota?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tasan asks that everyone come “All aboard to build the Popular Front.” (131) What does that statement reveal about the objectives and goals of the Soviets? How does Tasan believe that he can get anyone and everyone to embrace the Soviet ideals?

Essay Topic 2

The committee of Hands to Ethiopia has observed the communist propaganda tactics in the Aframerican community and see communism as a type of dictatorship. How do they view dictatorship and democracy? How do they believe that dictatorship or democracy positively or negatively impact the lives of black people?

Essay Topic 3

Newton Castle becomes a zealot for Marxism. Why does Castle become a Marxist? How do his beliefs change his life and marriage? Are the changes permanent or temporary?

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