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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) Saint Vincent and Asughara.
(c) The We.
(d) Her friends.

2. Chima has been sent by whom in order to deliver bad news to Ada?
(a) Ewan.
(b) Saachi.
(c) Ala.
(d) Soren.

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

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

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

6. What action of Ada's does Asughara immediately undo?
(a) Ada plans to murder Soren.
(b) Ada checks herself into a psychiatric ward.
(c) Ada forgives Saachi.
(d) Ada finds peace with Ewan.

7. The We state that though Ada cares for many different people, they only hold in high regard how many humans?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

8. Chima is related to Ada in what way?
(a) He is her older brother.
(b) He is her cousin.
(c) He is her younger brother.
(d) He is her uncle.

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. With what malady does Asughara punish Ada to ensure that Ada never returns to her therapist?
(a) A dislocated ankle.
(b) The flu.
(c) A migraine.
(d) Measles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ada names which character as never sleeping at night?

2. What type of shadows does Ada describe as following Saachi?

3. Asughara states that she had been tired after whose departure?

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

5. The We call Asughara's failed plan by what name?

(see the answer keys)

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