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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Odenigbo pull from a Red Cross package?
(a) Beans.
(b) Condensed milk.
(c) Corn.
(d) Tuna.

2. Of which of the following is Olanna robbed as she departs a relief center?
(a) Stockfish.
(b) Corned beef.
(c) Egg yolk powder.
(d) Cornmeal.

3. Which of the following reportedly enables the loss of a baby?
(a) Avocados.
(b) Peppers.
(c) Bananas.
(d) Guavas.

4. What name does Odenigbo’s mother give to his child?
(a) Anulika.
(b) Chiamaka.
(c) Zendaya.
(d) Obiageli.

5. Which of the following does Odenigbo pull from a Red Cross package?
(a) Pepper.
(b) Salt.
(c) Paprika.
(d) Comino.

6. To which of the following does Okeoma compare Olanna?
(a) A goddess.
(b) A fairy.
(c) A mermaid.
(d) A nymph.

7. Which of the following cities reportedly sees demonstrations in response to starvation in Biafra?
(a) Budeapest.
(b) Moscow.
(c) Warsaw.
(d) Prague.

8. Which of the following kinds of trees surrounds the house Kainene buys?
(a) Pecan.
(b) Cashew.
(c) Avocado.
(d) Orange.

9. The comment that “Everything he did for the rest of the day was colored with a bitter dye” (372) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Analogy.
(b) Simile.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Metaphor.

10. How long does Olanna note it took Odenigbo and others in the neighborhood to dig out a bunker?
(a) A year.
(b) A month.
(c) A week.
(d) A day.

11. What position does Ezeka hold?
(a) Director for Relief.
(b) Director for Mobilization.
(c) Director for Logistics.
(d) Director for Manpower.

12. What does Harrison use to feign injury in the hopes of passing unmolested?
(a) Beets.
(b) Dirt and feces.
(c) Goat blood.
(d) Berry juice.

13. Whom of the following do Richard and Kainene see die in an air raid?
(a) Harrison.
(b) Maxwell.
(c) Jomo.
(d) Ikejide.

14. What does Ugwu report is taken from his uncle in an attempt to work bad medicine against him?
(a) A piece of shirtsleeve.
(b) A piece of hair.
(c) A piece of fingernail.
(d) A piece of underwear.

15. Which of the following is Olanna cooking when news arrives that Odenigbo’s child has been delivered?
(a) Poppyseed kolaches.
(b) Strawberry cake.
(c) Banana fritters.
(d) Chocolate doughnuts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following journals does Ugwu note having attempted to read?

2. What news does Olanna receive when Odenigbo visits her apartment after his infidelity?

3. The comment that “Her bladder felt painfully, solidly full, as though it would burst and release not urine but the garbled prayers she was muttering” (344) offers an example of which of the following?

4. Which of the following names attaches itself to the soldier who first attempts to conscript Ugwu?

5. Which of the following does Olanna note is a side-effect of the medicine given Baby?

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