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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells Yaya about Big Papa's having been abused?
(a) Malindi.
(b) Malaika.
(c) Malina.
(d) Mele.

2. Who tells Sahel his uncle is searching for a new wife in Bezam?
(a) The Thin One.
(b) The Smart One.
(c) The Cute One.
(d) The Leader.

3. What does Sahel come to think of as Thula's blanket in Part III?
(a) Her shoes.
(b) Her kitten.
(c) Her books from school.
(d) Her veil.

4. What does The Sweet One tell Yaya and Sahel about Thula?
(a) She is dying.
(b) She is egging on the youth in Kosawa to make trouble.
(c) She is not really learning in America.
(d) She is coming home soon.

5. What does The Restoration Movement eventually do in New York?
(a) Start a protest movement.
(b) Look for more donors.
(c) File papers with a court there against Pexton.
(d) Disband.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did many men go to work from Kosawa in Yaya's day?

2. What kind of leader is the leader of Thula's country?

3. What is Thula shocked to learn about in America?

4. What kind of student is Thula?

5. What does Austin say his mother's advice would be if she were alive?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Thula survive the massacre in Part III?

2. When do the Koswans first receive money from Pexton, and why?

3. What has Yaya heard about the key to His Excellency's longevity?

4. How does Yaya describe her own devotion to Big Papa?

5. Why do Thula and Austin separate?

6. Who do others in the village think Sahel sometimes flirts with in Part III?

7. What shocking revelation does Yaya learn about Big Papa in Part IV?

8. Why was Kosawa spared when white people came to snatch Black people for slaves, according to Yaya?

9. What do the people from the Restoration Movement promise Sahel specifically?

10. What does Austin do in the aftermath of the massacre in Kosawa in Part III?

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