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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Simile.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Analogy.

2. Which of the following serves as a door for the bunker Odenigbo and others in the neighborhood build?
(a) Iron sheeting
(b) Palm trunks.
(c) Banana trunks.
(d) Zinc sheeting.

3. Which of the following names attaches itself to Ugwu?
(a) Bob.
(b) Target Destroyer.
(c) High-Tech.
(d) Kill And Go.

4. Which of the following foods has Harrison cooked when Richard confesses his perfidy to Kainene?
(a) Peach cobbler.
(b) German chocolate cake.
(c) Lemon tart.
(d) Pecan pie.

5. Which of the following countries reportedly recognizes Biafra in response to starvation therein?
(a) Tunisia.
(b) Uganda.
(c) Zimbabwe.
(d) Zambia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the name of the Swedish pilot with whom Richard speaks?

2. Whom of the following do Richard and Kainene see die in an air raid?

3. Which of the following supplies does Olanna offer to Alice?

4. Which of the following books is given to Olanna’s schooling efforts?

5. At which of the following does Olanna work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Kainene’s reaction to Richard’s determination to attend a memorial for Winston Churchill’s death?

2. What event spurs Olanna to move back in with Odenigbo?

3. What are Olanna’s initial clues about Odenigbo’s infidelity to her?

4. What reason does Ezeka give for not living in the Government Reserved Area (427)?

5. What reason is given for many African countries refusing to recognize or support Biafra?

6. What reasoning does the priest Olanna visits give her for forgiving Odenigbo?

7. For what does Olanna upbraid her father at her mother’s request?

8. What reasons does Ugwu note for his soured opinion towards Eberichi?

9. What advice does Ifeka give Olanna after Odenigbo’s infidelity?

10. What reasons does Madu give for wanting Richard to document conditions in Biafra?

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