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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. How long does Olanna note it took Odenigbo and others in the neighborhood to dig out a bunker?
2. Which of the following does Odenigbo pull from a Red Cross package?
3. Which of the following does Olanna read as she makes to return to Nsukka after Odenigbo’s infidelity?
4. Which of the following books does Ugwu want to apply with Eberechi?
5. What name does Odenigbo’s mother give to his child?
Short Essay Questions
1. What advice does Ifeka give Olanna after Odenigbo’s infidelity?
2. What reason is given for many African countries refusing to recognize or support Biafra?
3. How does Muokelu apologize to Olanna after commenting aspersively on Kainene?
4. What reason does Ezeka give for not living in the Government Reserved Area (427)?
5. For what does Olanna upbraid her father at her mother’s request?
6. What reasoning is given for resisting Ugwu as a teacher?
7. What reasoning does the priest Olanna visits give her for forgiving Odenigbo?
8. Why does Ugwu note he has been forbidden from going outside?
9. What is Kainene’s reaction to Richard’s determination to attend a memorial for Winston Churchill’s death?
10. What reasons does Olanna note for her anger at Odenigbo for his infidelity?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Throughout Half of A Yellow Sun, there are glosses presented of sections of other books that are mentioned in the novel as being composed by characters within the novel. What effect do the presentations have, and how is that effect achieved?
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 Odenigbo’s apologies for infidelity in Chapter 20. How much credence should be lent them? What in Half of A Yellow Sun accounts for that amount of credence? How does it do so?
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