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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. What does Tade ask Korede for in "Break"?

2. Who is the aunt that called Korede's mother earlier in the day in "Stain"?

3. At what time is Korede sitting in traffic in the beginning of "Traffic"?

4. What is Tade's last name?

5. Approximately how tall is Korede?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ayoola do for income?

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

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

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

5. How is the crime scene covered up after Ayoola's murder in the beginning of the novel?

6. What are Korede's feelings about Tade?

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

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

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

10. What is Korede's relationship with her mother like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the narrative style of the novel. From what perspective is the story related? In what tense is it related? How do these choices by author Oyinkan Braithwaite affect the novel? How reliable would you describe the narrator of the story?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the character of Gboyega in My Sister, the Serial Killer. How does Ayoola know this character? What does Korede observe about him when she meets him? What happens to Gboyega?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the setting and historical context in My Sister, the Serial Killer. When does the story take place? Where is it primarily set? What aspects of this setting and its culture stand out to you the most? Why?

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