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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 of the following languages does Odenigbo speak to Ugwu?
2. To which of the following does the BBC ascribe the initial coup in Nigeria?
3. To which of the following is Odenigbo assigned?
4. Which of the following descriptions does Adebayo apply to Olanna?
5. Which of the following schools does Kainene note she and Olanna attended?
Short Essay Questions
1. What reasons does Olanna give for her parents fleeing overseas after the initial coup?
2. How are Richard’s university-provided accommodations described?
3. Explain the meaning of “Better be late than THE late” (32).
4. What reasons does Olanna give for preferring train travel to plane travel?
5. Who are those named as enemies by the Revolutionary Council?
6. In what way does Richard disappoint the Igbo elder with whom he discusses ancient bronze pots?
7. What does Olanna report to Odenigbo upon her return to Nsukka after the second coup?
8. Why does Odenigbo reject the idea of pan-Africanism?
9. What reasons does Ugwu give for hoping Odenigbo does not ask him to recite poetry from class?
10. What things does Olanna note having left behind in Nsukka when she evacuates to Abba?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
To what extent does the epigraph from Achebe at the beginning of Half of A Yellow Sun suggest the theme of the book? How does it do so?
Essay Topic 2
After the revelation of Richard’s infidelity to her, Kainene does not turn him out, but claims such “would be too easy” (321). Is she correct in the claim? What in Half of A Yellow Sun and in experience suggest that she is or is not? How does it do so?
Essay Topic 3
Explicate the irony of the heavyset reporter Charles saying, “I wish I could do more,” while eating from a candy bar (464).
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