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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. In Night and Day, Part 5, Chapter 1, what did the narrator's mother want to turn into a community meeting space?

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

3. What race was Rakim's mother?

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

5. In Part 5, Chapter 6 of Night and Day, how long after the money disappeared did Mr. Booth have to quit playing piano at Miss Isabel's dance class?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 7 of Day and Night, why did the narrator burn Tracey's letter?

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

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

5. In Chapter 6 of Middle Passage, how was the trip to the village different from what the narrator had experienced before Aimee arrived?

6. In Chapter 5 of Day and Night, what was the narrator's first job after college?

7. In chapter 6 of Night and Day, why did Miss Isobel come to visit the narrator and her mother?

8. In Chapter 4, where did the narrator and Lamin go and what did they do there?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The novel is told from the point of view of the narrator. How does the point of view of the novel determine what readers know about events and characters? How does the point of view affect what readers think of the narrator? How does the point of view affect the plot?

Essay Topic 2

The narrator allowed the people in her life to take her identity. What events in the novel helped the narrator find her identity? How did finding her identity help her mature and come of age?

Essay Topic 3

The narrator did not find college to be the experience she had expected. What had the narrator expected from a college experience? How did she struggle with the options she had available? Why did she feel guilty about attending college because of her upbringing?

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