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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells Ada that they are afraid for her life?
(a) Her parents.
(b) Her friends.
(c) The We.
(d) Saint Vincent and Asughara.

2. After Ada's rape, she is no longer able to communicate with whom in traditional ways?
(a) The first mother and the second mother.
(b) Yshaw.
(c) The We.
(d) Ala.

3. What phrase does Asughara use in order to refer to Ada's mind?
(a) The invisible room.
(b) The rubber room.
(c) The marble room.
(d) The metal room.

4. Ada names which character as never sleeping at night?
(a) Asughara.
(b) Saul.
(c) The We.
(d) Saachi.

5. Ada teaches Ewan how to accomplish what task?
(a) How to play cards.
(b) How to play bridge.
(c) How to change a tire.
(d) How to ride a bicycle.

6. The brothersisters are said to be older than whom?
(a) Ala.
(b) The first mother.
(c) Yshaw.
(d) Adam.

7. Ada tells Asughara that she is trying to take what action as a way to avoid blaming Soren?
(a) To forget.
(b) To put the past behind her.
(c) To be at peace.
(d) To look on the bright side.

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

9. The We say that the only vessel about which they truly care is what?
(a) Saint Vincent.
(b) Ala.
(c) Ada.
(d) Yshaw.

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

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

12. What bit of information shared by Ada with her therapist causes Asughara to become angry?
(a) Asughara's name.
(b) Saint Vincent's name.
(c) Her phone number.
(d) Her mother's maiden name.

13. Ada and the young man who touches her breasts against her will are related in what way?
(a) Second cousins.
(b) They are not related.
(c) Cousins.
(d) Niece and uncle.

14. Ada tells Asughara that she Asughara had had to exist due to what quality of Ada's?
(a) Her lack of experience.
(b) Her glut of knowledge.
(c) Her glut of experience.
(d) Her lack of readiness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what form is Chapter 15 written?

2. Asughara remarks that Ada wants which character to protect her better than Asughara does?

3. The brothersisters tell Asughara that she smells of what?

4. Chima has been sent by whom in order to deliver bad news to Ada?

5. What bad news about Uche does Chima share with Ada?

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