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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 does Mistress Emerson order Mr. Harris to do to Darlene?

2. Who is Mr. Emerson having an affair with?

3. What tasks does Charlotte mostly work at?

4. Who is one child who is nice to Gbessa when she is also a child?

5. Who finally comes to the shack Charlotte stays in on the plantation after many, many years?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Gbessa survive her exile in the woods?

2. How and when does June Dey's superhuman strength become apparent?

3. What do Gbessa and some of the other Lai villagers associate the appearance of the moon with?

4. Why does Khati try to delay Gbessa's birth?

5. What likely becomes of Callum after he searches in the mountains for Nanni and Norman?

6. What refrain does Gbessa say repeatedly to herself?

7. What is unusual about the circumstances of June Dey's birth?

8. What lie does Callum Aragon tell Nanni and Norman for many years?

9. What does the Master order to happen to Darlene that traumatizes her?

10. Why is Dey brought to the Emerson plantation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Once Gbessa is settled in Monrovia, what are some of the sources of her power and influence? How does Gebssa's husband's, Gerald, powerful sexual attraction to Gbessa affect Gbessa's ability to achieve her aims and desires? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How does Callum Aragon's treatment of Nanni seem to affect his son Norman's later path in life and into his adulthood? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What significant trait/desire do both Safua and June Dey share in relation to how they feel about their duty towards their people? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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