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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tade ask Korede for in "Break"?
(a) Her father's address.
(b) Her recipe for Sujo.
(c) Ayoola's phone number.
(d) Korede's phone number.

2. How does Korede like to eat popcorn?
(a) With butter drizzled on it.
(b) With peanut butter.
(c) With pepper sauce.
(d) With syrup drizzled on it.

3. Korede describes Ayoola's skin as a color between cream and what, in "Flaw"?
(a) Caramel.
(b) Porcelain.
(c) Tea.
(d) Coffee.

4. What kind of cake does Tade eat and remark upon at Korede's house in "Bracelet"?
(a) Pineapple upside-down cake.
(b) Banana cream cake.
(c) Strawberry cream cake.
(d) German chocolate cake.

5. What image is described on the bathroom floor mat in "Bleach"?
(a) A puppy.
(b) A red and white heart.
(c) A black smiley face.
(d) A yellow star.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Korede bring to Tade for lunch in "Red"?

2. Why does the LASTMA agent tell Korede he has stopped her in "Traffic"?

3. What happened to the chair at the dining table where Korede's father used to sit?

4. What did Korede do with all of her father's paintings aside from the one over the piano after his death?

5. Who is the hospital receptionist that deals with the impatient man in the beginning of "Reception"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Korede's experiences in school differ from Ayoola's?

2. What role does social media play in the story?

3. What is the inciting incident in My Sister, the Serial Killer? How does this event propel the action forward?

4. What are Ayoola's perceptions of Tade? How do they differ from Korede's perceptions of him?

5. How is police corruption illustrated in "Traffic"?

6. How is Korede's family's home described? Where is it located?

7. How do Korede and Ayoola differ in personality and behavior?

8. What is exposition and how is it related in My Sister, the Serial Killer?

9. What is the symbolic significance of the flowers that Tade sends to Ayoola?

10. What does Mrs. Rotinu represent symbolically in the novel?

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