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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. In “Cell One,” how does the narrator characterize Nnamabia’s response to imprisonment?

2. In “A Private Experience,” what does the narrator refer to in saying the woman was having a private experience?

3. In “Ghosts,” where does Professor Nwoye’s daughter Nkiru live?

4. In “Imitation,” when the story opens, how far off is Obiora’s next visit?

5. In “Jumping Monkey Hill,” who is the workshop leader?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In “Cell One,” what is the difference between Nsukka and Enugu?

4. In “Imitation,” what is the importance of the Benin masks in Nkem’s house?

5. In “Cell One,” what has the narrator’s family lost when their house was broken into and robbed?

6. What happens to turn Kamara around at the end of "On Monday of Last Week"?

7. In “A Private Experience,” how does the story characterize the difference between Chika and the Hausa woman?

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

9. In “A Private Experience,” what are the two women doing in the market town where they meet?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evaluate the final story of The Thing Around Your Neck. Does it ring true to the other stories? Does it address the problems and tensions that preceded it? What are you left wishing for closure on, if anything?

Essay Topic 2

Which of Adichie’s stories are coming of age narratives, and what does coming of age entail, in these stories? What earlier state is left behind? What new state is assumed? What is lost and gained in the transition?

Essay Topic 3

How does Adichie represent white people in The Thing Around Your Neck? Are they painted with the same brush, or are they each individuals, with their own lives and characteristics? What generalizations do Adichie’s stories support? What generalizations do they undermine? Cite examples from the stories.

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