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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. The Victoria Falls is a waterfall located in southern Africa on what river?

2. Tanzania is bordered by what nations to the south?

3. In Part 2: The Lover, a border guard on the Malawi side of the border tells Damon to bribe whom in order to cross in Part 2: The Lover?

4. Mbeya is the first large urban settlement encountered when traveling overland from what neighboring nation?

5. How much money does Damon pay as a bribe to cross from Malawi to Tanzania in Part 2: The Lover?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Damon found traveling in the beginning of Part Two: The Lover? How has he changed?

2. About what does Damon worry in Tanzania in Part Two: The Lover? Where do he and his group go to stay in Tanzania?

3. What does Damon grow to dislike about his original group of travelers in Malawi in Part Two: The Lover?

4. How is the character of Charles first described when Damon meets him in Part Two: The Lover?

5. How does Damon evolve in Part Two: The Lover? What remains his drive to travel?

6. What traveler from Chile joins Damon's group in Part Two: The Lover? How does Damon describe his feelings about crossing the border in this chapter?

7. How is Lusaka described in Part Two: The Lover? Where do Damon and his fellow travelers go next?

8. Why do Damon and his group of friends travel to Kenya in Part Two: The Lover?

9. Where does Damon reconnect with Christian, Jerome and the others after crossing the border in Part Two: The Lover?

10. Where does Damon first meet up with Christian, Jerome and Alice in Part Two: The Lover? How did these travelers come together?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the character of Damon as the protagonist of the novel and the use of foreshadowing in the first pages of Part One: The Lover. What does this foreshadowing allude to later?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss and analyze the evolution of Damon's character in Part Two: The Lover. How much older is the narrator than he was in Part One: The Follower? How does he feel about his fellow travelers?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motifs of borders and isolation in the novel. How does Damon feel about border crossings? Why?

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