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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Emezi compare this story to in Chapter One?
(a) The clouds.
(b) A meal.
(c) A stack of photographs.
(d) The sea.

2. Who is Chika's mother?
(a) Ekene.
(b) Juju.
(c) Olunne.
(d) Ahunna.

3. What does Vivek calle Ekene as a term of endearment?
(a) Lorry.
(b) Bhai.
(c) Beta.
(d) Dede.

4. What does Vivek ask Osita if he can do concerning Osita and Elizabeth that surprises Osita?
(a) Have a group sexual encounter with Osita and Elizabeth.
(b) Watch Osita and Elizabeth have sex.
(c) Go to the same university as Osita and Elizabeth.
(d) Go on a date with Osita and Elizabeth.

5. Who is Kavita's main group of female friends?
(a) The Librarians.
(b) The Accountants.
(c) The Nigerwives.
(d) The Book Club.

6. Why does Vivek say Osita's love life is his business in Part II?
(a) He and Osita are brothers.
(b) He and Osita always tell each other everything about each other's lives.
(c) He will be Osita's best man at his wedding.
(d) He and Osita are best friends.

7. What book did Vivek used to hide things in?
(a) The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born.
(b) Siddhartha.
(c) Great Expectations.
(d) Leaves of Gold.

8. Where does Kavita want Vivek to go to college?
(a) Spain.
(b) America.
(c) Russia.
(d) United Kingdom.

9. Where does Ekene start spending more time in Chapter Seven?
(a) In Cape Town.
(b) At Ahunna's old house in the village.
(c) In the marshlands.
(d) At work.

10. What does Osita want to tell Kavita in Chapter Nine?
(a) To stop looking for answers about Vivek.
(b) To stop looking for her money.
(c) To stop talking about divorcing Chika.
(d) To stop asking Osita about university.

11. What does Ekene often drink?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Guinness.
(c) Wine.
(d) Soda.

12. What was Chika hoping military school would do for Vivek?
(a) Make him eat more food and gain weight.
(b) Toughen him up.
(c) Make him be attracted to girls.
(d) Make him want to be a soldier.

13. Where does Osita go immediately after Vivek dies?
(a) Port Harcourt.
(b) Cape Town.
(c) Ologo.
(d) Zimbabwe.

14. Where is Chika's mother's scar?
(a) On her face.
(b) On her instep.
(c) On her arm.
(d) On her leg.

15. Who finds Osita and brings him home in Part I?
(a) Kavita.
(b) Chika.
(c) Ekene.
(d) Mary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maja's husband do that prevents her from leaving him?

2. What religion did Kavita convert to?

3. What does Kavita sometimes run through Vivek's hair for him?

4. Why is Vivek so mad at Kavita in Part II?

5. What happens on the day Vivek is born?

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