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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 languages did Jannet learn to speak in school?

2. Where is Tahar waiting for Jannet and Sidi in Chapter 22?

3. How many siblings did Jannet have?

4. In Chapter 15, when was the last time that Douda and Toumi stocked up on water?

5. What temperature can bees survive?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Jannet's upbringing?

2. Who is imam that Douda and Toumi listen to in Chapter 10?

3. How are the Japanese queens prepared to travel with Jannet and Tahar?

4. Why did Sidi become disenchanted with his job in Arabia?

5. In Chapter 12, why do Sidi's neighbors' clothing and new vocabulary cause him to worry?

6. In Chapter 17, what happens two hours after Sidi sees the first hornet?

7. Who is Tahar, and what does he say after he hears Sidi's story?

8. Who has seen the hornet before that Sidi captures?

9. Why did the country of Arabia not prosper after oil was found in the 1930s?

10. How can Sidi's bees learn to create an ardent swarm and kill the hornets?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sidi is Jannet’s uncle. How did Sidi help Jannet in the past? How does Jannet help Sidi in the present? What does their relationship convey about the mutuality of relationships and its importance?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 3

When Sidi goes to the capital, he rests under the statue of Ibn Khaldun. Who was Ibn Khaldun? How did Khaldun’s saying that “Man is social by nature” relate to Sidi’s quest?

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