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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In “Cell One,” how does the narrator prevent her parents from visiting Nnamabia in prison, after the first week?
(a) She breaks the car’s windshield.
(b) She threatens to move out.
(c) She manufactures an emergency.
(d) She lays herself down in front of the car.

2. In “Cell One,” who did the Nsukka families blame the thefts on?
(a) Students.
(b) Enugu gangs.
(c) Riffraff up from town.
(d) Foreign workers.

3. In “A Private Experience,” what does Chika see when they ventures out from the store?
(a) Angry mobs.
(b) Merchants fixing their stalls.
(c) Soldiers beating people.
(d) Burned bodies.

4. In “Imitation,” what is Nkem’s housegirl’s response when Nkem tells her about Obiora’s girlfriend?
(a) You will forgive him.
(b) You will forget him.
(c) You will divorce him.
(d) You will talk it over with him.

5. In “On Monday of Last Week,” how old is Josh, the boy Kamara babysits?
(a) 11.
(b) 7.
(c) 9.
(d) 13.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “Jumping Monkey Hill,” what does Ujunwa say the guests at Jumping Monkey Hill have not seen around them?

2. In “Ghosts,” what is the chief quality of the harmattan season?

3. In “Ghosts,” what does Professor Nwoye buy for the men under the flame tree?

4. In “Ghosts,” what national scandal affected Professor Nwoye’s wife’s death?

5. In “On Monday of Last Week,” what does Kamara fault Neil for worrying about?

Short Essay Questions

1. In “Cell One,” how did time in prison change Nnamabia?

2. In “Jumping Monkey Hill,” how does Edward get on Ujunwa’s wrong side?

3. In “On Monday of Last Week,” how does the narrator characterize Kamara’s relationship with Tobechi?

4. In “Ghosts,” how does the narrator characterize Ikenna’s personality?

5. In “A Private Experience,” what does the narrator tell the reader about the fate of Nnedi?

6. In “On Monday of Last Week,” what happened on Monday of last week?

7. Is Nkem victorious at the end of "Imitation"?

8. In “Jumping Monkey Hill,” who is Chioma and what is her role?

9. In “Ghosts,” what has Ikenna been doing all these years since the 1967 war?

10. In “On Monday of Last Week,” what changed for Kamara after last Monday?

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