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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. What is Vivek's reaction to the secret Osita tells him in Chapter Thirteen?

2. Who propositions Vivek sexually in a flashback Vivek remembers in Chapter Twelve?

3. What does Vivek think watching Juju and Osita from the afterlife?

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

5. What is Juju surprised to see Charles looking like in Chapter Eighteen?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Osita ask Vivek in Part III that he immediately becomes ashamed of?

5. When does Ebenezer figure out that Mama Ben seems to be a terrible person?

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

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

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

9. Who does Ebenezer see and take note of as he rushes to find his wife in the market during the riot?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is your understanding of some of the underlying reasons behind the routine and deadly violence in Vivek's home village in Nigeria, as Emezi explains it? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How do various characters in the book, including Kavita, Maja, Charles, Eloise, and Chika view infidelity in marriages? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How do each of Vivek's friends, aside from Osita - Elizabeth, Juju, Olunne, and Somto - justify their decision not to tell Kavita the truth about Vivek for so long, until months after his death? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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