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

2. What does Osita tell Vivek in Chapter Thirteen that he has never told anyone else?
(a) He wants to dress in women's clothes and wear makeup like Vivek.
(b) He kissed a man in college.
(c) He wants to join the military.
(d) He stole from his parents.

3. How do Chison and Ebenezer flee the market the day it burns down?
(a) On an okada.
(b) In their car.
(c) By train.
(d) On foot.

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

5. What does Juju tell Osita she never told anyone about the day Vivek died?
(a) That Osita had just asked Vivek to borrow money.
(b) That Osita came to her house looking for him.
(c) That Osita had just started wearing a dress too.
(d) That Osita had just tired to get Vivek to join his church.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Osita tell Vivek about what they talk about in the village concerning Vivek?

2. How does Juju know the boy she sees is her half-brother?

3. What do Ruby and Maja make together?

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

5. What does Ebenezer suggest might be causing the mayhem in the market?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Osita shocked when he sees Vivek at Juju's in Part III?

2. How does the government react to the burning of the market?

3. Who is Chika having an affair with and why is this situation particularly awful for Kavita?

4. What is one reason Ebenezer thinks for the cause of the violence in the market?

5. Why does Kavita sometimes feel others do not have the right to cry in front of her over the death of Vivek?

6. How do the other friends - Somto, Olunne, and Osita - respond to Juju's assertion that they have to tell Kavita the truth about Vivek?

7. Who does Juju tell about her family's secret in Part III and why does she tell this person?

8. What secret of her father's does Juju discover in Part III?

9. What is one practical reason it is so hard for Maja to leave Charles?

10. What problem does Ebenezer have with his wife Chisom that threatens their marriage?

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