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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vivek think about his own manhood?
(a) He would rather be a real woman than a real man.
(b) He can retain his manhood by going back to military school.
(c) He was never a man to begin with.
(d) He can at least convince his parents he is a real man.

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

3. Who does Ebenezer find himself attracted to in Chapter Sixteen?
(a) Olunne.
(b) Mama Ben.
(c) Kavita.
(d) Mary.

4. What does Kavita sometimes feel about the way other people mourn Vivek?
(a) Other people are not mourning Vivek appropriately.
(b) Other people can mourn Vivek by going to church more often.
(c) Other people do not have the right to cry about Vivek because they cannot feel as deeply about the loss of Vivek as she does.
(d) Other people are mourning Vivek in strange ways, like bringing flowers to his grave.

5. Who saves Vivek from the deadly mob chaos in Chapter Eleven?
(a) Chika.
(b) Olunne.
(c) Osita.
(d) Tobechukwu.

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

7. Who is Ebenezer's wife?
(a) Mary.
(b) Kavita.
(c) Chisom.
(d) Olunne.

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

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

10. What does Vivek think watching Juju and Osita from the afterlife?
(a) They have forgotten him.
(b) They might be joining him in the afterlife soon.
(c) They are beautiful together.
(d) Juju still loves him but Osita does not.

11. Who does Ebenezer remember seeing on his way to make sure Chisom is alright the day the market burns?
(a) Mary looking for Ekene.
(b) Chika looking for Vivek.
(c) The attractive woman with the long hair arguing with a man.
(d) Kavita looking for Chika.

12. What does Osita ask if Vivek believes in in Chapter Seventeen?
(a) Hell.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Justice.
(d) Reincarnation.

13. What does Elizabeth say in her note to Juju?
(a) She wants to break up with Juju.
(b) She wants to speak with Osita.
(c) She is still angry but she wishes Juju would at least write a note back to her.
(d) She hates Vivek, even though he is dead now.

14. 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.

15. What does Vivek think about his neighbor in the very end of Chapter Twelve?
(a) He would owe him some money now.
(b) He needed to take him some medicine the next day.
(c) At least they were even now.
(d) He would have to avoid him forever now.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Kavita begin sleeping after Vivek's death?

2. What surprises Osita about how Vivek looks in Chapter Thirteen?

3. What animal does Chika want to kill in honor of Vivek that Ekene tries to persuade him not to do?

4. In Chapter Thirteen, where does Osita go to find Vivek?

5. What does Juju tell Osita she never told anyone about the day Vivek died?

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