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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 is notable about Jubril's appearance?
(a) One leg is shorter than the other.
(b) He has turquoise eyes.
(c) He has burn scars on his face.
(d) He is missing a hand.

2. What does the narrator do when she first sees Selam at her apartment?
(a) She throws her some candy.
(b) She yells at her.
(c) She stares at her.
(d) She closes the drapes.

3. How many. pages is this short story?
(a) 5.
(b) 17.
(c) 31.
(d) 10.

4. Emeka points out Jubril as being a ______________.
(a) Thief.
(b) Traitor.
(c) Saint.
(d) Rebel.

5. The narrator's parents no longer want her to play with whom?
(a) Yewa.
(b) Farah.
(c) Selam.
(d) Hadiya.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jubril's religion?

2. What is Jubril's adopted Christian name?

3. Why do the bus passengers side with Jubril against the village chief?

4. Who is Yusuf?

5. What does the narrator note about the streets outside the apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the narrator and Selam no longer allowed to play together?

2. Who is Hadiya and how does she impact the relationship between the narrator and Selam?

3. How does Jubril disguise his being a Muslim while on the bus?

4. Why does Akpan choose second person narration for the story?

5. What is the main point of the story, "What Language is That"?

6. What is the message of the story at the end?

7. What does the narrator experience on the day her parents inform her she can no longer play with Selam?

8. What is the unifying thread of the conflicts in the story?

9. What is the narrator's father's advice to Selam regarding eating pork?

10. What ban by the Nigerian government takes place just prior to the opening of the story, "Luxurious Hearses"?

(see the answer keys)

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