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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 Middle Passage, Part 4, Chapter 5, how did the actors in Ali Baba lean forward at a 45-degree angle?
2. In Day and Night Part 6, Chapter 3, when did the narrator move back to London?
3. In Night and Day, Part 5, Chapter 3, what time did the narrator usually awake?
4. At the end of Part 4, Chapter 3 of Middle Passage, how long did it take the narrator to research what she wanted to know in the headmaster's office?
5. In Part 4, Chapter 4 of Middle Passage, when did the narrator meet Tracey's father?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Night and Day Chapter 2, who did the narrator see Louie with?
2. In Chapter 8 of Middle Passage, what was the house like where Aimee stayed?
3. In Chapter 2 of Day and Night, what was a year off?
4. 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?
5. In Chapter 1 of Night and Day, what was the narrator's father's life like?
6. In Chapter 9 of Middle Passage, how would the narrator and her mother spend their Saturdays?
7. In Chapter 4 of Middle Passage, how did authority shift between the narrator and her mother?
8. In Night and Day, Chapter 4, what did Tracey and the narrator do for Miss Isabel.
9. In Chapter 1 of Day and Night, what did the narrator say about getting into college?
10. In Chapter 5 of Day and Night, what was the narrator's first job after college?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Fern made a comment that “with wealth you get to be thoughtless” (253). Why did Fern make that comment? What did he mean by that comment? How did that comment reflect on Aimee’s work in Africa?
Essay Topic 2
The narrator discovered an actress who looked very much like Tracey in the old films that she watched. What was the narrator’s opinion of the life that LeGon lived? How did the narrator learn about the racism and struggles that LeGon faced in her career? How did learning about LeGon’s struggles affect the narrator and her perceptions of people and life?
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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