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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 is Chika's mother's scar?

2. What does Kavita sometimes run through Vivek's hair for him?

3. What religion did Kavita convert to?

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

5. Who does Chika proposition sexually in Part I besides Kavita?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Chika think is a bad omen for Vivek, from the day of Vivek's birth?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Osita start spending much more time at home in Part II?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do you think is the overall effect on the reader of Emezi's choice to use colloquialisms and slang throughout the novel's dialogue? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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

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.

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