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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 term do Joy and Feyi use for each other in affection?

2. What does Milan tell Feyi he is trying to do in Chapter Four?

3. What does Feyi immediately notice about the surrounds of Alim's house?

4. What does Feyi tell herself in the shower in Chapter Seven?

5. In Chapter Five, what do Feyi and Joy do together in warm weather?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Feyi's husband die?

2. What does Joy tell Feyi when Feyi says she is freaked out about her relationship with Nasir?

3. In the end of Part I, how does Feyi know Nasir is more serious about her?

4. Why is Feyi particularly impressed with Alim's art in his house?

5. How does Feyi react when she finds out who Nasir's father is?

6. Why does Feyi find it difficult to be around her own mother following her husband's death?

7. What is Feyi attracted to about Milan at first?

8. Why does Nasir say he approaches Fayi in Part I?

9. How does Feyi process her own feelings about Alim in Part II?

10. How does Feyi describe her own relationship with Milan to herself in Part I?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do Feyi and Alim almost instantly bond over when they first meet at Alim's house on the island? Why is this connection such an important one for both of them? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Emezi describe Feyi's initial attraction to Alim? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing the language and tone Emezi uses throughout the novel, explaining how (if) it changes over the course of the book.

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