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

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

3. What does Vivek witness happening that makes townspeople scatter in Chapter Eleven?
(a) A violent mob.
(b) Law enforcement taking people into custody.
(c) A hurricane coming.
(d) A plague of locusts.

4. What was Vivek's favorite breakfast?
(a) Poached eggs.
(b) Pancakes.
(c) Cornflakes with powdered milk and a lot of sugar.
(d) Toast.

5. What is one tactic townspeople use to punish thieves?
(a) Imprisoning someone within a tire and lighting the tire on fire.
(b) Stealing someone's shoes and making them walk on glass.
(c) Hanging someone.
(d) Cutting off someone's hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vivek tell Osita in Chapter Fourteen?

2. Which of the Nigerwives had actually left her husband to move to another country?

3. What happens to Juju after Vivek's death?

4. What does Chika try to force Kavita to stop doing about three months after Vivek's death?

5. What kind of job does Ebenezer do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Charles come back to Maja in Part IV?

4. How does Juju treat Osita when Osita first comes to her house to see Vivek in Part III?

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

6. When does Ebenezer finally realize that he needs to change his behaviors and attitude towards Chisom?

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

8. Why is Elizabeth so angry at Juju in Part IV?

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

10. How does Vivek feel about his sexual encounter with Tobechukwu in Part III?

(see the answer keys)

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