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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 is the biggest body of water mentioned in Chapter 1?

2. In Chapter 5, where did Ndali travel with her parents?

3. What did Ndali and Chinonso go to buy the day before her father's party?

4. What did Chinonso say that he did to a hawk that he hit with a stone?

5. In Chapter 11, what was the date on Chinonso's admission letter?

Short Essay Questions

1. When and why did Chinonso leave the MASSOB?

2. What advice did Chinonso's uncle give him about Ndali?

3. What did the chi see when he exited Chinonso when Chinonso was traveling by plane to Cyprus?

4. How did Chinonso clean house before Ndali arrived in Chapter 4?

5. Why did Tobe take Chinonso to the interntional office in Chapter 11?

6. What type of spirits were in the airport at Istanbul?

7. How did Ndali feel about Chinonso's decision to go to school in Cypress?

8. What group did Chinonso join with his friend Elochukwu in Chapter 3?

9. When did the testimony of Chinonso's chi begin in Chapter 1?

10. In Chapter 2, what happened nine months before Chinonso saw a woman try to jump from a bridge, and how was he coping?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Chinonso’s father first mentioned the orchestra of minorities. What was the orchestra of minorities? What did it symbolize?

Essay Topic 2

What type of person was Ndali? How was she affected by Chinonso’s leaving? How would you describe the relationship between Ndali and Chinonso?

Essay Topic 3

The chi commented on the way the white men led the Nigerians to abandon tradition. What did the white men bring with them? How did those items entice children of the old fathers? Why did people begin to think that the white man’s magic was more potent than the ways of the ancestors?

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