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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. What does Vivek sometimes call Osita as a term of affection?
(a) Lorry.
(b) Biko.
(c) Bhai.
(d) Beta.

2. Where do Mary and Ekene live?
(a) Chunguba.
(b) Cape Town.
(c) Owerri.
(d) Abuja.

3. What happens the same day Vivek dies?
(a) Vivek's best friend dies.
(b) The market gets burned down.
(c) Vivek's daughter is born.
(d) Vivek's grandmother dies.

4. Where does Eloise work?
(a) At the teaching hospital.
(b) At the bakery.
(c) At the market.
(d) At the glass factory.

5. What does Emezi say entered with the upcoming elections in Chapter Eleven?
(a) Death.
(b) Renewal.
(c) Unity.
(d) Peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Aunty Rhatha's signature dessert?

2. What does Osita ask Vivek if he is sure he is not one of in Chapter Seven?

3. Where does Osita spend the most time besides his own home?

4. How does Chika meet Kavita?

5. What does Ekene often drink?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Chika and Kavita sick with grief from the day Vivek is born?

2. What are some reasons Osita does not want to be at his own house with his parents?

3. Why does Osita apologize to Vivek in Part II?

4. How does Ahunna get the scar on her foot and what is unique about it?

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

6. Who is one of the first women Chika is attracted to and why is this a problem?

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

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

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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