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1. Why does Sunny have to get her hair cut?

Candles fascinate Sunny. Looking into them has always calmed her down. One evening after the power goes out, she lights a candle and gazes into the flame. She thinks she sees something in the flame and she moves closer to the candle. She gets too close and sets her hair on fire. Her mother has to cut off 70% of her hair.

2. In the Prologue, what does Sunny see in the flame of a candle?

Sunny stares into the flame of a candle and she sees something serious, big, and scary in the flame. She sees raging fires, boiling oceans, topped skyscrapers, ruptured land, dead and dying people. She sees the end of the world in the flame.

3. Where was Sunny born and where has she lived?

Sunny's parents and brothers were born in Nigeria, and they moved to America where Sunny was born in New York. They lived in Chicago before her parents decided to return to Nigeria, near the town of Aba, when Sunny was nine.

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