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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. How old does Richard report having been when he was orphaned?
2. The phrase “Ada m bu Jomo” (18) most nearly means which of the following?
3. To which of the following markets in Lagos does Olanna take the pregnant Arize?
4. Ugwu’s comment that “Whenever he drained a pot of boiled beans, he thought of the slimy sink as a politician” (159) offers an example of which of the following?
5. To which of the following European nations does the novel ascribe the establishment of Nigeria?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who are those named as enemies by the Revolutionary Council?
2. What reasons does Ugwu give for hoping Odenigbo does not ask him to recite poetry from class?
3. How does Ugwu’s aunt describe Odenigbo at the beginning of the novel?
4. What things does Olanna note having left behind in Nsukka when she evacuates to Abba?
5. What differences does Uguw mark between himself and other houseboys?
6. How do Olanna’s parents report planning to flee Biafra?
7. Why does Odenigbo reject the idea of pan-Africanism?
8. What reason does Ugwu voice for not killing a gecko?
9. What is the first ethical question Odenigbo poses to Ugwu?
10. Explain the meaning of “Better be late than THE late” (32).
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Consider the following passage: “We never actively remember death,” Odenigbo said. “The reason we live as we do is because we do not remember that we will die” (415). Is the comment correct? What in Half of A Yellow Sun and in experience demonstrate that it is or is not? How does it do so?
Essay Topic 2
Explicate the often-repeated phrase “May another do for you.”
Essay Topic 3
Consider the poem Ugwu notes having memorized in Chapter 4:
I can’t forget that I’m bereft
Of all the pleasant sights they see,
Which the Piper also promised me.
For he led us, he said, to a joyous land,
Joining the town and just at hand,
Where waters rushed and fruit trees grew,
And flowers put forth a fairer hue,
And everything was strange and new. (105-06)
Conduct a close reading of the poem. That is, analyze its structure and internal references to explicate its meaning.
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