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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. How old was Sunny when she contracted malaria during a visit to Nigeria?

2. Where did Sunny live before moving to Nigeria?

3. In Leopard Knocks, what color smoke billows from the center of a large one-story hut?

4. What color is the mud that Sweet Plumes is made from?

5. Where was Sunny born?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Chichi's hut like?

2. Why does Anatov tell Sunny that she will never find an ebett's head in the local lamb market?

3. Who is Sasha and why has he been sent to Nigeria?

4. What does Chichi tell Sunny about spirit faces?

5. How do Sunny's parents react when she gets home in Chapter 4?

6. Why does Sunny have to get her hair cut?

7. What does Chichi's spirit face look like?

8. What has Chichi known about being Leopard?

9. What does Sunny look like?

10. Why did Jibaku want Sunny to hit them rather than Miss Tate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sunny, Orlu, Chichi, and Sasha visit Taiwo. How does arrogance stop them from visiting Taiwo? What do they have to realize about respect and humility? How does that realization help them visit Taiwo?

Essay Topic 2

Sasha, Chichi, Orlu, and Sunny are students of Anatov. What strengths and weaknesses does Anatov see in his students? Why does Anatov believe that weaknesses can become strengths in certain situations?

Essay Topic 3

Tone conveys an author’s attitude toward a topic. What are some techniques an author uses to convey tone? How might tone influence the reader and the reader’s attitude toward a subject? What is the overall tone of Akata Witch and of the excerpts from Fast Facts for Free Agents?

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