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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 books is given to Olanna’s schooling efforts?
2. At which of the following does Olanna work?
3. Which of the following is the name of the Swedish pilot with whom Richard speaks?
4. Which of the following books is given to Olanna’s schooling efforts?
5. Which of the following reportedly enables the loss of a baby?
Short Essay Questions
1. What reason does Ezeka give for not living in the Government Reserved Area (427)?
2. What reasons does Ugwu note for his soured opinion towards Eberichi?
3. What reasoning is given for resisting Ugwu as a teacher?
4. For what in her past does Olanna grieve?
5. What advice does Ifeka give Olanna after Odenigbo’s infidelity?
6. What, ultimately, is the obunigwe?
7. Why does Richard confess his perfidy to Kainene?
8. What reasons does Madu give for wanting Richard to document conditions in Biafra?
9. What reasons does Olanna posit that Odenigbo is not frightened by how little they have?
10. What is the stated significance of Port Harcourt to Biafra?
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
Throughout Half of A Yellow Sun, characters make reference to “a Big Man.” How does the text define the term? How do you know?
Essay Topic 3
Consider Richard’s attitudes toward being a writer expressed at the beginning of Chapter 3. How do they shift throughout the novel? What effect do the shifts have? How are the shifts indicated? How do they generate their effects?
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