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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Juju know about her half-brother before she actually sets eyes on him?
(a) His height.
(b) His age.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The kinds of clothes he always wears.

3. What lie does Osita admit to Vivek in Chapter Thirteen?
(a) He does not have a girlfriend after all.
(b) He spent his money on beer and liquor.
(c) He did really want to go to college in America.
(d) He did not convince Mary to leave her church.

4. Why does Elizabeth seem to resent Osita in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) She seems wary of Osita since he stole money from her.
(b) She seems to think Osita is going to try to convince them to join his church.
(c) She seems jealous of his relationship with Juju.
(d) She resents Osita for cheating on her.

5. What music does Juju play for Osita in Chapter Nineteen that had been Vivek's favorite?
(a) Spice Girls.
(b) Britney Spears.
(c) Mariah Carey.
(d) Backstreet Boys.

6. What happens to Chika after Vivek dies?
(a) He moves to America.
(b) He experiences the same type of depression he experienced after the death of Ahunna.
(c) He wants to adopt Osita as his own child.
(d) He wants to have another child.

7. 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) Hanging someone.
(d) Stealing someone's shoes and making them walk on glass.

8. Why does Elizabeth get so upset with Juju in Chapter Eighteen?
(a) Juju tells her she is going away to America.
(b) Juju tells her she kissed Vivek once.
(c) Juju tells her she wants to start dating Osita.
(d) Juju tells Elizabeth she never loved her.

9. Which of the Nigerwives had actually left her husband to move to another country?
(a) Tammy.
(b) Sammie.
(c) Kavita.
(d) Rhata.

10. What does Osita do with Vivek in Chapter Thirteen that surprises them both?
(a) Dresses in women's clothing.
(b) Goes to the village.
(c) Has sex.
(d) Eats dinner.

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

12. Why is Juju hard on Osita in Chapter Thirteen?
(a) Because of how he had treated Vivek in the village years ago.
(b) Because of Osita's having asked Vivek for money.
(c) Because of Ostia's role in Vivek's excorcism.
(d) Because Osita has not seen any of them in ten years.

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

14. What had Vivek decided to do before reconnecting with Somto and Olunne?
(a) Give up.
(b) Move to America.
(c) Start dressing like a man.
(d) Start getting drunk more often.

15. What does Juju bring to her meeting with her friends in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Photos of Vivek.
(b) Law school applications.
(c) Money.
(d) Food.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Chison and Ebenezer flee the market the day it burns down?

2. What does Vivek tell Osita in Chapter Fourteen?

3. What does Vivek witness happening that makes townspeople scatter in Chapter Eleven?

4. What question does Ebenezer hear the men in the market ruminating over that he also wonders about in Chapter Sixteen?

5. What animal does Chika ultimately decide to kill for Vivek's funeral?

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