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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. How does Ada feel about it when people begin to mistake her for a boy?
(a) It makes her weary.
(b) It makes her curious.
(c) She likes it.
(d) She hates it.

2. Asughara remarks that Ada wants which character to protect her better than Asughara does?
(a) Chima.
(b) The We.
(c) Saul.
(d) Saachi.

3. What first question does the therapist ask Ada in Chapter 14?
(a) What goals Ada has for her career.
(b) Whether Ada is content with her life.
(c) How Ada is dealing with the sexual trauma.
(d) How Ada feels about her future.

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

5. When Chima flies in to visit Ada, he tells her that he has bad news about which of her relatives?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) Her nephew.
(c) Her godson.
(d) Her uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Though Yshaw's appearance often changes, Asughara says that Yshaw is always what?

2. Who narrates Chapter 16?

3. What bit of information shared by Ada with her therapist causes Asughara to become angry?

4. When the brothersisters touch or strike Asughara, she feels as if what type of weapon is piercing her?

5. Ada tells Asughara that she Asughara had had to exist due to what quality of Ada's?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason are The We disturbed by the onset of Ada's menstrual cycle?

2. Who is Uche and what significance does he have in Ada's life?

3. What bad news does Chima bring to Ada when he comes to visit her?

4. What is Ada's reaction to the disturbing altercation with Obiageli and how does it serve as the first of many?

5. How does Emezi use foreshadowing within the early moments of Ada's relationship with Ewan?

6. What event occurs in Ada's life just before Chima comes to visit her?

7. Ada says that her image and Asughara's are identical, except for what difference?

8. What event causes Asughara to become tired and to allow another entity to control Ada more often?

9. How does it make Ada feel when Ewan confesses that he has a girlfriend?

10. What action does Ada take when Ewan confesses that he has a girlfriend?

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