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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 foods has Harrison cooked when Richard confesses his perfidy to Kainene?

2. About which of the following does Richard write?

3. Which of the following is the name of the Swedish pilot with whom Richard speaks?

4. Which of the following afflicts Ugwu when Odenigbo’s mother visits after his infidelity?

5. Which of the following countries reportedly recognizes Biafra in response to starvation therein?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what in her past does Olanna grieve?

2. How does Olanna describe Muokelu?

3. For what does Olanna upbraid her father at her mother’s request?

4. What reasons does Olanna posit that Odenigbo is not frightened by how little they have?

5. What reasoning does the priest Olanna visits give her for forgiving Odenigbo?

6. What reason is given for the lack of supplies at the relief center?

7. What reasons does Ugwu give for disliking the relief food?

8. Why does Richard confess his perfidy to Kainene?

9. Why does Ugwu note he has been forbidden from going outside?

10. What reasons does Ugwu give for wanting to see an Indian film after the festival with Richard?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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)

What resonance does the poem have in its context in the novel? How does that resonance emerge?

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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