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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 Onyesonwu change into after a group of men try to rape her in Chapter 32?
2. What color door is on the house where Onyesonwu finds her biological father in Chapter 47?
3. In Chapter 39, how many bullets killed Tia while Zoubeir hid behind her body?
4. After Diti learns about Fanasi and Luyu, how long does Onyesonwu fly as a vulture?
5. How old was Ting when she could read Okeke, Vah, and Sipo?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Eyess?
2. What comes to Onyesonwu in Chapter 45, and what does it show her?
3. What does Binta tell Onyesonwu that she did before she left home in Chapter 26?
4. What does Mwita tell Onyesonwu about her mother in Chapter 49?
5. What comes to visit Onyesonwu in Chapter 44, and what does it do to her?
6. What happens when some men tried to rape Onyesonwu in Chapter 32?
7. In Chapter 37, what practicing of sorcery does Onyesonwu do?
8. How does BInta die?
9. In a story from the Great Book, how does a woman named Tia sacrifice herself for a man named Zoubeir?
10. What does Mwita have to do in Chapter 36 when he returns to Onyesonwu?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Gender roles influence the place of girls and women in Who Fears Death. What is the role of women in the book? How do those roles present challenges to Onyesonwu and other female characters?
Essay Topic 2
In Who Fears Death, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the story line? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play? What other purposes do these characters play?
Essay Topic 3
What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters?
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