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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,” what does Nkem give as her reason for moving back to Nigeria?

2. In “Jumping Monkey Hill,” why did Edward think the Zimbabwean’s story was passé?

3. In “Cell One,” why was Nnamabia arrested the second time?

4. In “Imitation,” how does the narrator characterize Nkem’s dating life before Obiora?

5. In “Imitation,” what are the features of the Benin mask Nkem is looking at while her friend tells her about her husband’s infidelity?

Short Essay Questions

1. In “A Private Experience,” what is the basis of the intimacy between Chika and the Hausa woman?

2. Where is "Jumping Monkey Hill "set?

3. In “On Monday of Last Week,” how does the narrator characterize Neil’s parenting?

4. In “Ghosts,” what are the scandals in Nigeria that affect Professor Nwoye’s life?

5. In “Imitation,” how does the narrator characterize Obiora’s courtship of Nkem?

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

7. In “Cell One,” how did Nnamabia’s time in prison change the narrator’s parents?

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

9. What is the Ugandan’s role in "Jumping Monkey Hill"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the difference between the authorial personality and the narrates in Adichie’s stories. How are they similar, how are they different? Where does the author reveal herself in her choices? How are the narrates, like the unnamed narrator of Cell One, different from the authorial persona? How do they represent a consistent personality?

Essay Topic 2

What are the hardest things about crossing between cultures, and living in more than one culture at a time? Which stories would be the most useful tools for helping someone live in this situation? What are the lessons these stories tell? What are the steps to adjusting to a multi-ethnic life, according to Adichie’s stories?

Essay Topic 3

Is there an arc that gives the disparate stories a narrative arc? Does this book have a climax that builds on the climaxes (or anti-climaxes) of the individual stories? What questions does the primary climaxes resolve? What questions does each the primary climaxes leave unanswered?

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