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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. When did Sidi interview for a job as a beekeeper with an agricultural cooperative in Arabia?

2. How long does it take the hornets to destroy 3,000 drones in Chapter 17?

3. In Chapter 23, what is the date of publication of the encyclopedia of insects that Tahar hands Sidi?

4. How long ago had Saida Manoubia been laid to rest in her mausoleum?

5. In Chapter 17, how long does it take the black hornets to kill 1,000 worker and forager bees?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 15, where does Douda look for Toumi?

2. Who does Tahar know in Japan that he asks for help with the hornets?

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

4. What does Douda learn from Toumi when he returns in Chapter 26?

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

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

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

8. What can Jannet and Tahar see from their airplane window when they land in Tokyo?

9. What does Mrs. Saiko tell Jannet and Tahar about Japanese society?

10. In "Bureaucracy" how has the capital changed since Sidi last visited?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Sidi sees a problem with his bees in Chapter 6. What problem does Sidi see with his bees? Is it an endogenic or exogenic problem? How does knowing the type of problem that it is help Sidi to solve the problem?

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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