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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 “Imitation,” where does Nkem live?
2. In “Jumping Monkey Hill,” who is the workshop leader?
3. In “A Private Experience,” what does the woman invite Chika to sit on?
4. In “Imitation,” how does the narrator characterize Nkem’s dating life before Obiora?
5. In “Imitation,” what other task does the narrator say the custodians of the masks also performed?
Short Essay Questions
1. In “Ghosts,” whose ghost does Professor Nwoye also see?
2. In “On Monday of Last Week,” what gaffe did Kamara make, that she thought would prevent her from getting the job babysitting Josh?
3. In “Ghosts,” what is the business Professor Nwoye has come to the university to see about?
4. Is Nkem victorious at the end of "Imitation"?
5. In “Jumping Monkey Hill,” how does Edward get on Ujunwa’s wrong side?
6. In “A Private Experience,” how does the story characterize the difference between Chika and the Hausa woman?
7. In “On Monday of Last Week,” how does the narrator characterize Kamara’s relationship with Tobechi?
8. In “On Monday of Last Week,” what changed for Kamara after last Monday?
9. In “Imitation,” what does Obiora feel about the children preserving Nigerian customs in America?
10. In “Imitation,” what is the importance of the Benin masks in Nkem’s house?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.
Essay Topic 3
When is The Thing Around Your Neck most itself? What is its characteristic passage, or moment? What makes that moment or passage the most representative of the book as a whole? Are there any places where the book seems to depart from its typical self, as if to become a different book?
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