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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 second thing that emerges from the brothersisters is what?

2. Who is the narrator of Chapter 11?

3. Asughara remarks that the brothersisters smell of what?

4. Chima has been sent by whom in order to deliver bad news to Ada?

5. Who tells Ada that they are afraid for her life?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What form does Chapter 15 take and by whom is it narrated?

4. For what reason does Asughara advise Ada to agree to meet with Ewan again after Ewan's long absence?

5. How does Emezi instill the narrative with humanist messages in the depiction of Uche?

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

7. What is Saachi's reaction to Ada's behavior while Saint Vincent is in control of Ada?

8. Who is Saint Vincent and what impact does he have on Ada?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What message does Emezi’s send within the pages of Freshwater concerning the link between contentment and self-acceptance?

Essay Topic 2

Sensory details are used frequently by Emezi in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative of Freshwater. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used serve Emezi’s creation of vivid characters to populate the narrative.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the interplay between the resolution of Freshwater and one of the novel's main messages. How does Emezi make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help them get across one main message of the novel?

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