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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 does the elderly person Chinwe and Ijeoma come to visit on their way to Uzodi's keep asking?

2. Who comes to get Ijeoma from her cell after her first incident of levitating at the ministry?

3. Who becomes pregnant in Part III, seemingly miraculously?

4. Who asks Chinwe and Ijeoma why they are carrying heavy pots on a long trail?

5. Why does Ijeoma find it difficult to pray at the ministry?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the other children react to seeing Ijeoma levitate?

2. Why does Phyllipa begin to form an attachment to Ijeoma in Part IV?

3. Who does Ofodile send Ijeoma away with in Part III?

4. What does Phyllipa begin to teach Ijeoma in Part IV?

5. In Part III, what physical and emotional milestone does Ijeoma experience?

6. Who tells Nnenna about Ijeoman's being sent away and what is this person's history with Nnenna?

7. What does Igbokwe say when Ofodile says he will send Ijeoma away?

8. What language has Uzodi started learning in Part III?

9. Who does Ijeoma repeatedly appeal to and pray to in her diary?

10. How does Nwosu punish the children who tried escaping?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does learning to read and write in English affect the course of Ijeoma's life? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What is the relationship Nwoka establishes between Ichulu's relationship with tradition, and its ability evade the influence of colonization? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

When - and why - does Ijeoma begin questioning her own role in the Precious Word Ministries as she becomes a young adult? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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