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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. Which inhabitant of Ada's mind had not been expected to come through "the window" (121) but had done so anyway?

2. What noise does Asughara report hearing that acts as a prelude to the appearance of the brothersisters?

3. Chima is related to Ada in what way?

4. Asughara states that she had been tired after whose departure?

5. The We say that prior to Ada's surgery, they had considered Ada's body to be what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Uche is said to be the only one in the family to have treated Ada in what way?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What messages does Emezi send about hope within the pages of Freshwater and what themes are employed in order to send these messages to the reader?

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

Could Freshwater be classified as a coming-of-age story? Why or why not?

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