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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maja not realize about Kavita's experience of Vivek's death until Kavita tells her in Chapter Eighteen?
(a) Kavita knows Vivek was wearing a dress when he died.
(b) Kavita does know who killed Vivek.
(c) Kavita knows Vivek was robbed of his wallet when he died.
(d) Kavita does not know who brought Vivek's body to her house.

2. Why is Somto so opposed to Juju's plan in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) She says she can not afford to let Juju borrow the money she has asked for.
(b) She says she will never be allowed to go to America if her parents find out what she has been up to.
(c) She says her father will kill her if he finds out her part in Vivek's death.
(d) She says since Vivek is no longer here, what is the point of showing the photos to Kavita?

3. When does Ebenezer begin to realize that Mama Ben is a terrible woman?
(a) When she threatens to tell his wife he is having an affair, even though he is not.
(b) When she tells him a terrible lie about his best friend.
(c) When she steals from him.
(d) When she tries to persuade him not to go see how his wife is during the riot.

4. What is Mary convinced about in Chapter Thirteen?
(a) They can convert the rest of the village to her religion easiliy.
(b) They need to borrow money from Chika.
(c) Osita should not go back to university.
(d) Vivek is possessed by something that would take his whole family down.

5. What is one reason Kavita is happy to see Vivek socializing with the daughters of the Nigerwives?
(a) She knows they might persuade him to go to America to study.
(b) She hopes he might have romantic feelings for one of them.
(c) She knows it helps with his music skills.
(d) She hopes they will persuade him to go back to the military academy.

6. What does Vivek tell Osita to calm him down in the end of Chapter Thirteen?
(a) He will make sure Osita gets back to school on time.
(b) He will never tell Mary about this.
(c) He will make sure Elizabeth never finds out about this.
(d) Osita is safe.

7. What had been Ahunna's instructions for her own funeral?
(a) She wanted for her sons to bury her exactly five days after her death.
(b) She wanted a quiet burial.
(c) She wanted an extravagant coffin.
(d) She wanted to be cremated and for her ashes to be spread in the sea.

8. What does Ahunna say in Vivek's dream about her?
(a) Talk to your father.
(b) Find the way.
(c) Here is the light.
(d) Hold my life for me.

9. What does Ekene call his brother Chika as a term of affection?
(a) Mba.
(b) Bhai.
(c) Rika.
(d) Beta.

10. What does Olunne tell Vivek in Chapter Twelve that shocks him enough to knock the smile off his face?
(a) She thinks she would like to date him.
(b) She thinks he looks pretty.
(c) She thinks he needs to cut his hair.
(d) She thinks he should go back to military school.

11. How does Juju know the boy she sees is her half-brother?
(a) Her father calls him by her father's own name.
(b) Her father tells her it is her half-brother.
(c) Her father is with him and he looks exactly like her father.
(d) Her mother tells her it is her half-brother.

12. What is one tactic townspeople use to punish thieves?
(a) Imprisoning someone within a tire and lighting the tire on fire.
(b) Cutting off someone's hand.
(c) Stealing someone's shoes and making them walk on glass.
(d) Hanging someone.

13. What does Elizabeth say about Juju's plan in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Eventually all secrets come out.
(b) Mary will eventually coax them all into her church.
(c) No one can afford the kind of money she is talking about.
(d) The plan will never work the way Juju wants it to.

14. How does Juju feel when she first discovers her own feelings about her girlfriend?
(a) Shy and scared.
(b) Angry.
(c) Suspicious.
(d) Depressed.

15. Who propositions Vivek sexually in a flashback Vivek remembers in Chapter Twelve?
(a) Olunne.
(b) Osita.
(c) Somto.
(d) Tobechukwu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Juju picking up for Elizabeth the first time she sees her half-brother?

2. What does Osita tell Vivek in Chapter Thirteen that he has never told anyone else?

3. What was Vivek's favorite breakfast?

4. What does Juju know about her half-brother before she actually sets eyes on him?

5. What does Somto feed Vivek on the day he dies?

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