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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what season does Ada first arrive at the university in the United States?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Fall.
(d) Winter.

3. In what area of the country does Saachi settle after moving to the United States?
(a) The northeast.
(b) The midwest.
(c) The southwest.
(d) The northwest.

4. With whom does Saachi live when she settles in the United States?
(a) Saul.
(b) Itohan.
(c) Asughara.
(d) Anuli.

5. Asughara forces Ada to eat only what type of food?
(a) Beans.
(b) Salad.
(c) Oatmeal.
(d) Gruel.

6. How old is Anuli when she is hit by a truck as Ada looks on helplessly?
(a) 4.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 10.

7. What name does Ada give to the black entity within The We?
(a) Blood.
(b) Death.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Shadow.

8. How many bedrooms are in the home Saachi shares with another person upon moving to the United States?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

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

10. The We state that their "brothersisters" (21) have always "possessed the" (21) what that The We consider their birthright?
(a) Cruelty.
(b) Intellect.
(c) Gentle nature.
(d) Violence.

11. The We say that the gates separating the spiritual world from the material world "stink of" (33) what?
(a) Blood.
(b) Betrayal.
(c) Regret.
(d) Knowledge.

12. A college in what state offers Ada a full scholarship that she turns down?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Alabama.

13. To what location does Ada demand Anuli be taken after Anuli is hit by a truck?
(a) To Ada's house.
(b) To Lisa's father's hospital.
(c) To Saul's hospital.
(d) To the after-hours clinic.

14. Ala is said to have how many oceans roaring beneath her feet?
(a) 13.
(b) 3.
(c) 7.
(d) 9.

15. The We's brothersisters know that what action is necessary in order to "break a child" (22)?
(a) To cause a pet to die.
(b) To kill the human mother.
(c) To place a blindfold over the child's eyes.
(d) To make the human mother leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does Ada take with her when leaving Soren's dorm room?

2. Whose undertaking of the "iyi-uwa" (14) results in an inability to stay in the human world forever?

3. After inhabiting Ada's body, Asughara notices that Ada's primary emotion seems to be what?

4. Who is Ada's human mother?

5. Malena speaks what other language besides English?

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