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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. Who does Kavita take Vivek to see in her church in the hopes this person can help Vivek?
(a) Father Beffa.
(b) Father Obinna.
(c) Sister Solanna.
(d) Sister Rinna.

2. What does Osita sometimes call Vivek as a nickname?
(a) Biko.
(b) Beta.
(c) Chum.
(d) Lorry.

3. What religion did Kavita convert to?
(a) Judaism.
(b) Catholicism.
(c) Lutheran.
(d) Islam.

4. What kind of episodes does Vivek have in Part I?
(a) Those that put him in a fugue state.
(b) Narcoleptic episodes.
(c) Fainting spells.
(d) Epileptic seizures.

5. What happens on the day Vivek is born?
(a) Mary dies.
(b) Ahunna dies.
(c) Juju is born.
(d) Osita is born.

Short Answer Questions

1. What concerns does Mary convey to Kavita about Vivek in Chapter Eight?

2. Who tells Vivek his grandmother died on the same day he was born?

3. What does Kavita tell Mary in Chapter Eight at the end of their phone call?

4. What does Ekene often drink?

5. Where does Osita go immediately after Vivek dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part II, what kind of problems are Kavita and Chika having with Vivek?

2. How does Mary react to Kavita's anger over how her church treats Vivek in Part II?

3. Why does Kavita come to find Osita when he disappears for several weeks following Vivek's death?

4. How does Vivek get bruises and bumps often in Part I?

5. What does Maja's marital problem reveal about cultural attitudes towards women Nigeria?

6. What accounts for much of the tension between Kavita and Ekene in Part II?

7. What is one reason for Chika's and Kavita's growing apart in their marriage?

8. Who comes to visit Vivek in Part II and how do these people help him?

9. What item of Vivek's is Osita desperate to find after his death?

10. What does Vivek ask of Osita in Part I that is quite unusual and unsettling?

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