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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 Chapter 6, where are the plants located that Zahrah can water more easily with her talent?

2. In Chapter 8, what is Nsibidi selling when Zharah and Dari visit the Dark Market?

3. Whose friend was Papa Grip?

4. What color pajamas does Dari wear in the hospital in Chapter 12?

5. In Chapter 5, where does Zahrah remember that her feet left the ground after she had gotten home from school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Dari is bitten by a war snake?

2. What happened to Zahrah when she got home from school in Chapter 5?

3. Why does Zahrah struggle to go to the fifth floor of the library, and how does she manage to go to that level?

4. What does Nsibidi tell Zahrah about being a Windseeker?

5. What book does Dari check out from the library in Chapter 7?

6. How does Zahrah learn how to get to the Dark Market?

7. How did Dari and Zahrah meet?

8. Why is Zahrah afraid when she starts to rise off her bed?

9. Who makes Zahrah's life difficult at school?

10. What story do some farm workers tell Zahrah and Dari when they see the kids going into the jungle?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Setting is the location or locations where a novel takes place. What is the setting in Zahrah the Windseeker? How does the setting evoke feelings or set the mood in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Zahrah and Dari meet when they are both seven. What type of relationship do Zahrah and Dari have? How does being best friends affect the choices they make concerning one another?

Essay Topic 3

An epiphany is a realization that can be enlightening and help solve a situation or problem. What epiphanies does Zahrah have in Chapter 14? How do these epiphanies give her confidence?

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