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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. To which of the following does Olanna assert Odenigbo owes an apology?

2. Whom of the following secures lodging for Olanna and Odenigbo after they depart Abba?

3. In which of the following do Olanna’s aunt and uncle live?

4. Which of the following is approximately how many Igbo are reported killed in Maiduguri?

5. Which of the following languages does Odenigbo speak to Ugwu?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does Richard disappoint the Igbo elder with whom he discusses ancient bronze pots?

2. Who are those named as enemies by the Revolutionary Council?

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

4. How does Ugwu’s aunt describe a refrigerator to him?

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

6. What reason does Ugwu voice for not killing a gecko?

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

8. What are the chants offered at the seminar in Nsukka at which Ojukwu appears and speaks?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Sources attest to the presence of Half of a Yellow Sun on best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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