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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What method does Ada use to name The We?

3. In what area of the country does Saachi settle after moving to the United States?

4. Whose undertaking of the "iyi-uwa" (14) results in an inability to stay in the human world forever?

5. What name does Ada give to the gray entity within The We?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In what way is the dream motif portrayed within Freshwater?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explicate the theme of sanctuary within Freshwater. What is Emezi’s message regarding sanctuary and how do you know?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the reasons why Emezi uses three different narrators to tell Ada's story. What elements of Freshwater's themes lend themselves to this choice and what are Emezi’s intended effects on the reader?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze Freshwater from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?

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