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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 is Feyi's ancestry?

3. What does Nasir ask to see of Feyi's?

4. What does Milan ask Feyi for after they have sex?

5. Who helps Feyi get a place in a big art show?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nasir react when Feyi asks if his father is gay?

2. What does Nasir do for Feyi to help her career?

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

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

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

6. Why has it been so long, in Chapter One, since Feyi has had sex?

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

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

9. In Chapter Nine, what do Feyi and Alim bond over in conversation?

10. How does Feyi react to eating Alim's food for the first time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Emezi treat the topics of homosexuality, bisexuality, queerness, and gender fluidity in the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What relationship does Emezi draw between guilt and the process of moving on after losing a loved one? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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