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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. Who does Kavita think would have known what to do about Vivek?

2. What does Osita spend the last year of secondary school doing?

3. What does Osita sometimes call Vivek as a nickname?

4. What lie does Osita tell Kavita in Chapter Seven?

5. Why is Osita so angry with Vivek in Chapter Eight?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why is Vivek so angry with Kavita and Chika when he comes back from Mary's church in Part II?

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

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

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

9. What significant lie does Osita tell his family in Part II?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Ebenezer's loyalty to his wife Chisom on the day of the riot at the market reveal about marital relationships, fidelity, and communication? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What does Kavita's dowry, which Chika's family refused to accept in the traditional manner, come to symbolize in relation to Vivek in later years? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Kavita try to discover the truth about Vivek's death, and do you think she ever receives a version of it that is close enough to the real events to call it the truth? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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