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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. Ada teaches Ewan how to accomplish what task?

2. For how many years does Ada engage in self-harm through cutting?

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

4. Who is the narrator of Chapter 10?

5. The second thing that emerges from the brothersisters is what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What action of Ada's does Asughara judge to be evidence of Ada's remaining innocence?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

What is the function of Ashughara's character within the novel? Discuss the characterization methods used by Emezi in depicting Ashughara and include in your discussion the reasons that Emezi portrays Ashughara in these particular ways.

Essay Topic 3

How is the topic of family bonds treated within Freshwater and how does its treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?

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