Binti

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2015

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Introduction

Before Reading

Reading Context

During Reading

Reading Questions & Paired Texts

Answer Key

After Reading

Discussion/Analysis Prompt

Multiple Choice

1. B (Novella 1)

2. D (Novella 1)

3. A (Short Story)

4. C (Novella 2, Prologue)

5. D (Novella 2, Chapter 1)

6. A (Novella 2, Chapter 5)

7. C (Novella 2, Chapter 7)

8. A (Novella 2, Chapter 8)

9. D (Novella 2, Chapter 10)

10. D (Novella 2, Chapter 11)

11. D (Novella 2, Chapter 12)

12. A (Novella 3, Chapter 1)

13. A (Novella 3, Chapter 2)

14. D (Novella 3, Chapter 11)

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1. In Novella 3, Binti eventually learns to exist in the intersection of identities. She comes to see the benefits of her Desert People heritage; she also comes to embrace her newly implanted Meduse side. Okwu also experiences an addition in their identity, by incorporating snail genetics into their own. (Novella 3)

2. After departing from her Himba community on Earth, returning, and departing once more, Binti becomes a home within herself. She surrounds herself with friends who love and accept her for who she is.