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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 Feyi use by herself the first night at the mountain house?

2. What does Nasir tell Feyi about his father in Chapter Four?

3. What does Feyi use for birth control?

4. What does Feyi tell Nasir on their first date?

5. What do Feyi and Joy think of Milan's friends when they meet them in Chapter Two?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Nine, what nightmares does Feyi often have?

2. How does Feyi radically change her appearance after Jonah's death?

3. How does Feyi feel about telling people about her and Jonah's accident?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Feyi think about the island Alim lives on?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think Emezi makes so many references to Feyi's wanting to feel so "alive"? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Why and how is Feyi's first sexual experience since losing Jonah so significant for Feyi? 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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