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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. The brothersisters tell Asughara that she smells of what?

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

3. What type of surgery does Ada get with the influence of The We and Asughara?

4. What action of Ada's does Asughara immediately undo?

5. Who is the narrator of Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe an early sign of Asughara's nefarious intentions toward Ada.

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

4. Where had Ada been born and how does she feel about returning each time she does?

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

6. Why does Asughara allow the relationship between Ada and Ewan to resume?

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

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

9. Describe the disturbing interaction Ada has with her cousin Obiageli.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of Freshwater and analyze Emezi’s purpose for including each instance you discuss.

Essay Topic 2

William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Emezi’s novel Freshwater. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the way in which Freshwater juxtaposes spirituality, mysticism, and religion, and the goals Emezi hopes to attain by using this particular juxtaposition.

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