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

2. Asughara has not yet been born when Ada meets whom?

3. Ada's relationship with God changes as a result of whose actions?

4. What plan of Asughara's is brought to a halt by Ala?

5. Rather than inhabiting Ada's body, St. Vincent prefers to live within Ada's what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What method does Ada use in order to name the pieces of herself?

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

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

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

5. Ada complains that Yshaw will not complete which two actions?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how and why Emezi instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of Freshwater.

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