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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What noise does Asughara report hearing that acts as a prelude to the appearance of the brothersisters?
(a) Clanging.
(b) Clacking.
(c) Snapping.
(d) Scuttling.

2. What is Ada's reply to the therapist's first question in Chapter 14?
(a) She is not dealing with it.
(b) Not really.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) To make enough money to survive.

3. Who narrates Chapter 17?
(a) Soren.
(b) Asughara.
(c) The We.
(d) Ada.

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

5. Asughara remarks that "it is not" what "to persuade a human to end their life" (150)?
(a) Morally correct.
(b) Complicated.
(c) Difficult.
(d) Easy.

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

7. Who is the narrator of Chapter 10?
(a) Ada.
(b) Asughara.
(c) Ala.
(d) The We.

8. Whom does Asughara allow to step forward within Ada's psyche?
(a) Brothersisters.
(b) Ala.
(c) The We.
(d) Saint Vincent.

9. In what season does Ada meet Ewan?
(a) Fall.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Spring.

10. In what form is Chapter 15 written?
(a) A suicide note.
(b) A poem.
(c) A letter.
(d) A medical report.

11. When the brothersisters touch or strike Asughara, she feels as if what type of weapon is piercing her?
(a) A stake.
(b) A tire iron.
(c) A dagger.
(d) A machete.

12. How long after Asughara's plan fails does Ada get surgery?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 5 months.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 2 months.

13. Who dresses Ada in masculine clothing and a binder?
(a) Ewan.
(b) Asughara.
(c) Saint Vincent.
(d) Ala.

14. Anuli is related to Ada in what way?
(a) She is her godmother.
(b) She is her cousin.
(c) She is her aunt.
(d) She is her sister.

15. What type of gods does Ada say had given her mother a child?
(a) Handsome.
(b) Generous.
(c) Careless.
(d) Cold.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ada and the young man who touches her breasts against her will are related in what way?

2. Chima is related to Ada in what way?

3. Who narrates Chapter 16?

4. For how many years does Ada engage in self-harm through cutting?

5. Which inhabitant of Ada's mind had not been expected to come through "the window" (121) but had done so anyway?

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