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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 did the family dog do before it disappeared, according to Korede in "Home"?
(a) It peed in her father's office.
(b) It stole a steak from the grill.
(c) It bit Ayoola.
(d) It bit Korede.

2. What does Korede do in Ayoola's room while talking to her in "Flapper"?
(a) She looks at a magazine.
(b) She reads texts on her phone.
(c) She writes in her journal.
(d) She folds Ayoola's clothes.

3. At what time is Korede sitting in traffic in the beginning of "Traffic"?
(a) 6:45 a.m.
(b) 5:15 a.m.
(c) 7:30 a.m.
(d) 6:15 a.m.

4. Where does Tade say he and his cousin are building a block of flats in "Bracelet"?
(a) Yaba.
(b) Ibeju-Lekki.
(c) Victoria Island.
(d) Festac Town.

5. What color shirt does the LASTMA agent wear in "Traffic"?
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Red.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what floor is Femi's flat?

2. Ayoola and Korede's father sometimes claimed that a university colleage gave him his knife in return for what?

3. Korede says in "Red" that "Ayoola looks like a Bratz doll and I resemble" what (93)?

4. Who was the first lover that Ayoola killed?

5. What does Korede tell Ayoola in "Flapper"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Ayoola and Korede differ physically?

3. What is remarkable about Tade's singing in "Song"?

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

5. From what narrative perspective is the novel related? Why is this important?

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

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

8. Who has Ayoola killed in the beginning of the novel? Why?

9. Where does Korede work? How is this setting described?

10. How do Korede's coworkers react to Ayoola when they meet her?

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