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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. By which of the following names does Ugwu’s sexual partner call hum during their assignations?
2. The comment that “They are killing us like ants” (181) offers an example of which of the following?
3. Which of the following is Phyllis Okafor’s husband’s name?
4. Which of the following does Susan serve Richard after he returns from Martin’s wedding?
5. To which of the following markets in Lagos does Olanna take the pregnant Arize?
Short Essay Questions
1. What reason does Ugwu voice for not killing a gecko?
2. How are Richard’s university-provided accommodations described?
3. What reasons does Olanna give for her parents fleeing overseas after the initial coup?
4. How does Madu report having escaped the second coup?
5. Why does Odenigbo reject the idea of pan-Africanism?
6. What are the chants offered at the seminar in Nsukka at which Ojukwu appears and speaks?
7. How does Richard disappoint the family of the slain customs officer he visits?
8. What chores does Ugwu adopt early in his service to Odenigbo?
9. What reasons does Olanna have for not accompanying Odenigbo to his conference in Ibadan?
10. To what does Ugwu ascribe his upset stomach when he visits his parents’ home?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Consider Richard’s attitudes toward being a writer expressed at the beginning of Chapter 3. What anxieties do they betray? How do they betray them?
Essay Topic 2
Explicate the irony of the heavyset reporter Charles saying, “I wish I could do more,” while eating from a candy bar (464).
Essay Topic 3
Of the divisions of Half of A Yellow Sun present in its published edition (this guide breaks the long fourth part), the longest is Part 4: The Late Sixties; the shortest is Part 3: The Early Sixties. Does the disparity in length reflect a disparity in narrative importance? How or how not?
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