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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. At the end of Middle Passage, Part 4, Chapter 12, where did the narrator and her mother take Tracey?

2. As stated in Part 6, Chapter 2 of Day and Night, during what visit to Africa did the narrator go alone?

3. In Part 6, Chapter 5 of Day and Night, where did the narrator work while waiting to find a job in media?

4. In Middle Passage Part 4, Chapter 12, what was the name of the girl at the narrator's father's flat?

5. In Day and Night, Part 6, Chapter 1, how far was the university the narrator attended from the English Channel?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 5 of Day and Night, where did Tracey and the narrator meet and what did Tracey suggest?

2. In Chapter 2 of Middle Passage, what were age mates and how did they help Lamin?

3. In Chapter 7 of Middle Passage, why did the narrator's father say in the flat after he and the narrator's mother split up?

4. In Chapter 7 of Day and Night, who was Tracey having an affair with?

5. In Chapter 12 of Middle Passage, where did the narrator see Tracey, and how did the narrator and her mother help her?

6. In Chapter 1 of Night and Day, what was the narrator's father's life like?

7. In Chapter 9 of Middle Passage, how would the narrator and her mother spend their Saturdays?

8. In Night and Day, Chapter 5, where did Hawa's half brother go to school?

9. In Chapter 6 of Day and Night, how and why did the narrator think she was being punished?

10. In Middle Passage, Chapter 1, what was the kankurang?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One time when barhopping with Aimee, the narrator ended up singing with the piano player. Why did Aimee imply that the song revealed that the narrator was not a happy person? Why did the incident cause a rift between the two women? What did the narrator singing symbolize?

Essay Topic 2

There were some negative consequences of the school project. What were the negative consequences of the school project? What problems did the village face after the school was built? What did those issues reveal about the issues caused by charity and charitable acts?

Essay Topic 3

The narrator had a friend named Lily. What do the stories told about the narrator’s time with Lily reveal about social class and about racism? How did Lily’s birthday party particularly reveal how social class and racism affected the relationship between the girls?

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