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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are Anuli and Ada related to one another?
(a) Ada is Anuli's aunt.
(b) They are sisters.
(c) They are cousins.
(d) Anuli is Ada's aunt.

2. Whose undertaking of the "iyi-uwa" (14) results in an inability to stay in the human world forever?
(a) Ada.
(b) Asughara.
(c) The We.
(d) Ewan.

3. For what length of time has Saachi been in America by the time Ada's May term is over?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 6 months.

4. The We state that the Nigerian method of parenting revolves around what emotion?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Dread.
(c) Pride.
(d) Fear.

5. How old is Anuli when she is hit by a truck on the street?
(a) 9.
(b) 12.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

6. To what location is Anuli taken immediately after being hit by a truck?
(a) To Lisa's father's hospital.
(b) To Ada's home.
(c) To the after-hours clinic.
(d) To Saul's hospital.

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

8. The question asked at the beginning of Chapter 5 revolves around taking what action into one's "own ear" (43)?
(a) Whispering.
(b) Praying.
(c) Murmuring.
(d) Singing.

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

10. What emotion felt by The We toward Ada is said to be rare among "beings like" (43) The We?
(a) Sympathy.
(b) Affection.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Hatred.

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

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

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

14. Who is Ada's divine mother?
(a) Ashughara.
(b) Lisa.
(c) Ala.
(d) Saachi.

15. When Asughara enters Ada's body, she sees what kind of "boy" (61) beside Ada?
(a) Useless.
(b) Stupid.
(c) Furious.
(d) Cruel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound is not remembered by The We nor by Ada?

2. From what location does Malena hail?

3. What object belonging to Ada does Soren take with him at the end of the May term?

4. Who is the narrator of Chapter 6?

5. When Ala appears as an animal, she takes the form of what creature?

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