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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. With which of the following does Ugwu enjoy physical intimacy?
2. Against which of the following European nations does the novel ascribe the establishment of Nigeria?
3. With which of the following does Harrison boast of cooking for Richard?
4. The phrase “a new country, which would be named after the bay, the Bight of Biafra” (198) offers an example of which of the following?
5. Which of the following meanings does Kainene ascribe to her own name?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Olanna report to Odenigbo upon her return to Nsukka after the second coup?
2. What reaction does Kainene note about Richard’s first submitted article on the violence in Nigeria?
3. How does Madu report having escaped the second coup?
4. How does Richard disappoint the family of the slain customs officer he visits?
5. What reasons does Olanna give for preferring train travel to plane travel?
6. What differences does Uguw mark between himself and other houseboys?
7. What are the chants offered at the seminar in Nsukka at which Ojukwu appears and speaks?
8. Why does Odenigbo reject the idea of pan-Africanism?
9. Why does Richard note wanting Kainene to accompany him to Martin’s wedding in London?
10. What chores does Ugwu adopt early in his service to Odenigbo?
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
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
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?
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