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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Kavita want Vivek to go to college?

2. What does Ekene often drink?

3. What does Vivek calle Ekene as a term of endearment?

4. Why does Kavita take Vivek to the doctor in Part II?

5. What happens the same day Vivek dies?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why are so many people concerned that Vivek is growing his hair long in Part II?

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

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

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

8. What illness does Osita realize Vivek suffers from in Part I?

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

10. How would you describe Chika's relationship with his mother Ahunna?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What seems to account for Vivek's spells or fugue states? How does Emezi explain, or, in contrast, leave ambiguous, the cause or causes of Vivek's health problems? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Why does Vivek feel that he cannot trust his parents with the full truth of who he really is? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What kinds of tactics and techniques does Emezi employ to build and sustain the reader's suspense throughout the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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