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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 happens after Thandi gives birth?

2. What is Thandi's first job of out school?

3. Who does Naila get blueprints of the Dam from?

4. Who is Pepa?

5. What happens after Sylvia dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who dies at Matha's house?

2. What happens to the dam in the end?

3. Who teaches Jacob to read?

4. What does the General want from Jacob?

5. Who takes over the SOTP rally?

6. Who helps Naila and the boys carry out a secret mission?

7. Who in Naila's family dies?

8. What is Thandi's first job of out school?

9. Who comes to Matha's when Jacob was there?

10. What does Mai see the morning after the mission?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you examine the various discourse surrounding politics in the novel. Various political beliefs, ideologies, and groups are discussed, some at length, throughout the novel. Choose one topic of political discussion (capitalism, Marxism, communism, neoliberalism, democracy, etc.) and examine how it is discussed, challenged, interrogated, or supported within the novel. Use evidence from the text to explain your thoughts.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you examine Edward Mukuka Nkoloso's impact on Matha. In what ways does his presence in her life both hinder her and benefit her? How does his radical personal end up having a life-long effect on her? Use evidence from the text to explain your thoughts.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you examine the concept of disease in the novel. What kinds of diseases, medical or otherwise, plague the characters in the novel? How so? Are they spread or inherited across generations How are these illnesses rectified or triggered? Use evidence from the text to explain your thoughts.

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