Freshwater: A Novel Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Akwaeke Emezi
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 140 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Freshwater: A Novel Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Akwaeke Emezi
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 140 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Ada's human mother?
(a) Soren.
(b) Ala.
(c) Ashughara.
(d) Saachi.

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

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

4. Ada states that she does not have what object that would be required to tell her own story?
(a) The pen.
(b) The journal.
(c) The mouth.
(d) The time.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Asughara enters Ada's body, she sees what kind of "boy" (61) beside Ada?

3. At what age does Ada begin to learn how to enter The We's realm?

4. Who is Ada's divine mother?

5. The We say that the gates separating the spiritual world from the material world "stink of" (33) what?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way is the theme of appearance versus reality shown in Soren's character?

2. What is "iyi-uwa" (14) and how does it relate to The We?

3. Who is Asughara?

4. What is both ironic and tragic about Ada's first phone call after she finds out Soren has been raping her?

5. What reason does Saul give for not joining Saachi and the other family members in the Southwestern United States?

6. What is the symbolism of Ada's golden crucifix necklace?

7. What effect does the presence of The We inside a very young Ada have on her?

8. In what ways had Ada been harming herself prior to Asughara's arrival?

9. Contrast the narration of Chapter 5 with the narration of Chapter 6.

10. Describe Ada's human mother.

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