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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 does the woman Chika is having an affair with often bring to him at the office?

2. What is the new store that opens in Vivek's village in Part III?

3. Why does Elizabeth get so upset with Juju in Chapter Eighteen?

4. What does Kavita sometimes feel about the way other people mourn Vivek?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Kavita repeatedly visit Vivek's friends after his death?

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

6. Who makes sure Vivek gets home safely during a mob riot in Part III and how does Vivek feel about this person?

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

8. How does the government react to the burning of the market?

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

10. What does Vivek think about manhood as he explains it in Part III?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Kavita finally seem to begin to come to terms with the truth of who Vivek was, and what are some of her actions and conversations that signal a turning point in her feelings in the aftermath of Vivek's death? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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