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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does phyllipa hold while teaching?
(a) A book.
(b) A candle.
(c) A cane.
(d) A bell.

2. Why does Ezinne have a bald scalp?
(a) The Igbokwe mandated it.
(b) She likes the style.
(c) That is the tradition for widows in Ichulu.
(d) Her son forced her to shave her head.

3. What does the elderly person Chinwe and Ijeoma come to visit on their way to Uzodi's keep asking?
(a) Who will feed me?
(b) Is it over yet?
(c) When can I rest?
(d) Who ask come to watch me die?

4. What is Ijeoma amazed at that John tells her their voices come out of?
(a) Televisions.
(b) Megaphones.
(c) Speakers.
(d) Microphones.

5. What does Nnamdi tell Ijeoma he heard a man say about Jekwu?
(a) That Jekwu was a devil.
(b) That Jekwu was sacred.
(c) That Jekwu was ugly.
(d) That Jekwu was a dancer.

6. What story does Uzodi tell the village's children in Part III?
(a) That of the origin of Ichulu.
(b) That of the origin of Amalike.
(c) That of the origin of fish.
(d) That of the origin of the tortoise.

7. What sound wakes Ijeoma every day at the ministry?
(a) Roosters.
(b) Water running.
(c) Bells.
(d) Screams.

8. What does Uzodi worry about when he sees Chinwe and Ijeoma have visited him in Part III?
(a) They will be hungry on their way back.
(b) They will get lost in the Evil Forest.
(c) They will be cursed now too.
(d) They will get in trouble.

9. What does Ijeoma turn out to be very good at learning?
(a) Dancing.
(b) English reading and writing.
(c) Painting.
(d) Singing.

10. What do Chinwe and Ijeoma bring to Uzodi when they visit him?
(a) Water from Idemili.
(b) Food.
(c) Paints.
(d) Leaves from Ichulu.

11. What trait does Uzodi's story bestow on lion?
(a) Power.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Love.
(d) Guile.

12. What is one of Phyllipa's lessons in Part IV?
(a) On writing clear sentences.
(b) On opposites.
(c) On the difference between "that" and "which."
(d) On love.

13. How does John take Ijeoma from Ichulu?
(a) On horseback.
(b) By bicycle.
(c) On foot.
(d) In his vehicle.

14. What do the attendants wear at the ministry?
(a) Black habits.
(b) Pink-checkered dresses.
(c) Burkas.
(d) Black pants and white shirts.

15. What does Chinwe show Ijeoma as a preview of what is to happen to Ijeoma after puberty?
(a) Her genitals and how hair has grown there.
(b) Her breasts.
(c) Her leg muscles.
(d) Her hair growing thicker on her head.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Ijeoma and Chinwe decide to visit together early in Part III?

2. What does Ofodile do to Ijeoma in Part III that hurts Ijeoma's feelings and body badly?

3. What belief do those in Inculu have about villagers that leave?

4. What does Phyllipa give Ijeoma and ask her to keep secret?

5. Who asks Chinwe and Ijeoma why they are carrying heavy pots on a long trail?

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