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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. Who was to meet Chinonso at the airport in Chapter 18?

2. In Chapter 24, how many customers abandoned Chinonso because he was rarely at his store?

3. At the end of Chapter 19, what time did Chinonso and Jamike plan to meet the next day?

4. In Chapter 20, what was the date on the bag that Ndali had given Chinonso when he left for Cyprus?

5. How was Chinonso's old propery being used in Chapter 21?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Chinonso do after seeing an auto accident in Chapter 14?

2. What happened when Chinonso went to Fiona's house?

3. What did Jamike learn from Ndali's husband in Chapter 23?

4. What did the chi say that he did in Chapter 19 during Chinonso's second year in prison, and why did it not work?

5. In Chapter 20, why did Chinonso want Jamike to read the letter Chinonso had written to Ndali?

6. What did Chinonso do when he returned to Umuahia?

7. Where was Jamike going and why in Chapter 23?

8. In Chapter 13, why did a taxi driver leave Chinonso at the side of the road on the way back to Lefkosa from Girne?

9. In Chapter 19, how did Chinonso meet Jamike again?

10. In Chapter 24, who did Chinonso take home and what happened?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mood is the overall feeling that readers have when reading a story. If you could assign a color to represent the mood of the novel, what color would it be? Would you choose different colors to describe the mood at different points in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Chinonso’s parents died. How did Chinonso and his father grieve when his mother died? How did Chinonso grieve when his father died? How did grief affect their daily lives and how they interacted with others?

Essay Topic 3

Chinonso desperately wanting to make the relationship with Ndali work. What decisions did Chinonso make? How did desperation influence his decisions? What issues were caused by making decisions because of desperation?

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