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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 color is a rare substance that is even more unbreakable than a diamond?

2. How far does Chichi say that she walks in an afternoon in Chapter 2?

3. How many living people in Nigeria have reached the last grade, Oku Akama?

4. Where is the African American headquarters of the Leopard People in the United States?

5. In Leopard Knocks, what color smoke billows from the center of a large one-story hut?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Sunny see when she enters Leopard Knocks?

3. In Chapter 5, what does Sunny read about the latest Black Hat killing?

4. Why does Anatov tell Sunny that she will never find an ebett's head in the local lamb market?

5. What does Sunny look like?

6. What substance is described in the excerpt from Fast Facts for Free Agents on page 90?

7. Why did Jibaku want Sunny to hit them rather than Miss Tate?

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

9. What is a Leopard Person?

10. Who is Sasha and why has he been sent to Nigeria?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A bully is someone who picks on someone, often someone smaller or weaker. Who are bullies in Akata Witch? Who do they bully others and how? Why does no one stop the bullying?

Essay Topic 2

There are different expectations for men and women and boys and girls in Akata Witch. How are the roles of men and women and boys and girls different in the novel? How do gender roles dictate the opportunities women and girls have?

Essay Topic 3

Novels can be structured and divided in different ways. How does the structure of a novel provide clarity and flow to a story? What are chapter titles? What are some purposes of chapter titles? How does the author use chapter titles in Akata Witch?

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