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

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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 the narrator of Chapter 6?
(a) Asughara.
(b) Ada.
(c) The We.
(d) Soren.

2. To what location does Ada demand Anuli be taken after Anuli is hit by a truck?
(a) To Saul's hospital.
(b) To Lisa's father's hospital.
(c) To Ada's house.
(d) To the after-hours clinic.

3. Saachi tells Ada that when Ada performs what action, Ada looks "exactly how [Ada] did as a child" (68)?
(a) Smiles.
(b) Hops.
(c) Sleeps.
(d) Grimaces.

4. What object belonging to Ada does Soren take with him at the end of the May term?
(a) Her passport.
(b) Her teddy bear.
(c) Her journal.
(d) Her ring.

5. The We's brothersisters know that what action is necessary in order to "break a child" (22)?
(a) To make the human mother leave.
(b) To place a blindfold over the child's eyes.
(c) To cause a pet to die.
(d) To kill the human mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ada meets Malena when they are both members of what group?

2. With whom does Ada stay when she travels just after the end of the May term?

3. Who had prayed incessantly for a girl child before Ada's birth?

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

5. What is the name of Ada's human father?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Choose and describe a particularly poignant moment in the text and analyze its effect on the reader.

5. In what way does Asughara's arrival within Ada's psyche and body add to Ada's problems with self-harm?

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

7. What physical change does Asughara lead Ada to make in her appearance and why?

8. What happens to Ada to cause Asughara's emergence?

9. What is ironic about Ada's choice of housemate in the summer just after her split from Soren?

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

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