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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who had prayed incessantly for a girl child before Ada's birth?
(a) Saachi.
(b) Asughara.
(c) Saul.
(d) The We.

2. Who is the narrator of Chapter 9?
(a) The We.
(b) Ada.
(c) Asughara.
(d) Ala.

3. What bad news about Uche does Chima share with Ada?
(a) Uche has contracted AIDS.
(b) Uche has been fired from his job.
(c) Uche has contracted pancreatic cancer.
(d) Uche has died.

4. Rather than inhabiting Ada's body, St. Vincent prefers to live within Ada's what?
(a) Dreams.
(b) Wishes.
(c) Unconscious mind.
(d) Id.

5. The Igbo term "Yshaw" (139) is used to refer to whom throughout the novel?
(a) The holy ghost.
(b) Jesus Christ.
(c) Pontius Pilate.
(d) The Virgin Mary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Ada give to the gray entity within The We?

2. Ada states that she does not have what object that would be required to tell her own story?

3. Whom does Asughara allow to step forward within Ada's psyche?

4. After Ada's rape, she is no longer able to communicate with whom in traditional ways?

5. From whose "side" does Saint Vincent "slough" (122) in order to inhabit Ada?

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