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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 sports is Mohammed reported to play?

2. Which of the following does Odenigbo’s friend Adebayo drink?

3. To which of the following European nations does the novel ascribe the establishment of Nigeria?

4. To which of the following markets in Lagos does Olanna take the pregnant Arize?

5. By which of the following names does Ugwu’s sexual partner call hum during their assignations?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Richard initially react to the attack on the airport as he travels back from London?

2. How does Richard disappoint the family of the slain customs officer he visits?

3. How do Olanna’s parents report planning to flee Biafra?

4. How are Richard’s university-provided accommodations described?

5. What chores does Ugwu adopt early in his service to Odenigbo?

6. What reasons does Olanna give for preferring train travel to plane travel?

7. What reasons does Olanna have for not accompanying Odenigbo to his conference in Ibadan?

8. Why does Odenigbo reject the idea of pan-Africanism?

9. What does Olanna report to Odenigbo upon her return to Nsukka after the second coup?

10. What differences does Uguw mark between himself and other houseboys?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider Olanna’s comment that “love comes first and the reasons follow” (286). Is the comment accurate? What in Half of A Yellow Sun and in experience suggest that it is or is not? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Who, ultimately, is the protagonist of Half of A Yellow Sun? How do you know?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the significance of Ugwu coming across a copy of The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave: Written by Himself while conscripted.

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