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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 journals does Ugwu note having attempted to read?
2. Which of the following reportedly enables the loss of a baby?
3. The comment that “Kainene’s approval, something she had never felt before, was like a sweetness on her tongue” (315) offers an example of which of the following?
4. Which of the following cities reportedly sees demonstrations in response to starvation in Biafra?
5. Whom of the following do Richard and Kainene see die in an air raid?
Short Essay Questions
1. What reasons does Ugwu note for his soured opinion towards Eberichi?
2. What advice does Ifeka give Olanna after Odenigbo’s infidelity?
3. Why does Ugwu note he has been forbidden from going outside?
4. For what in her past does Olanna grieve?
5. How does Muokelu apologize to Olanna after commenting aspersively on Kainene?
6. What reasons does Ugwu note for suspecting foul play from Odenigbo’s mother?
7. What reasons does Ugwu note for thinking Muokelu is a poor teacher?
8. How does Olanna describe Muokelu?
9. What reason is given for the lack of supplies at the relief center?
10. For what does Olanna upbraid her father at her mother’s request?
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
Consider Kainene’s comment that “it’s wrong of [a person] to think that love leaves room for nothing else. It’s possible to love something and still condescend to it” (145). Is the comment correct? What in the novel and in experience indicate that it is or is not? How does it do so?
Essay Topic 3
Explicate the irony of the heavyset reporter Charles saying, “I wish I could do more,” while eating from a candy bar (464).
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