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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. What name does Odenigbo’s mother give to his child?

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

4. Which of the following nations is reported to recognize an independent Biafra?

5. Which of the following is Special Julius accused of selling?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the stated significance of Port Harcourt to Biafra?

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

4. What reasons does Ugwu note for his soured opinion towards Eberichi?

5. What is Kainene’s reaction to Richard’s determination to attend a memorial for Winston Churchill’s death?

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

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

8. How does Olanna describe Muokelu?

9. What reason does Ezeka give for not living in the Government Reserved Area (427)?

10. What, ultimately, is the obunigwe?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explicate the often-repeated phrase “May another do for you.”

Essay Topic 2

Of the divisions of Half of A Yellow Sun present in its published edition (this guide breaks the long fourth part), the longest is Part 4: The Late Sixties; the shortest is Part 3: The Early Sixties. Does the disparity in length reflect a disparity in narrative importance? How or how not?

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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