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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. The phrase that “it was as if she was throwing shackles off her wrists” (292) offers an example of which of the following?
2. What does Harrison use to feign injury in the hopes of passing unmolested?
3. Which of the following foods has Harrison cooked when Richard confesses his perfidy to Kainene?
4. Which of the following offices does Olanna take?
5. Which of the following journals does Ugwu note having attempted to read?
Short Essay Questions
1. What reasons does Ugwu note for his soured opinion towards Eberichi?
2. What are Olanna’s initial clues about Odenigbo’s infidelity to her?
3. What reasons does Madu give for wanting Richard to document conditions in Biafra?
4. What reason does Ezeka give for not living in the Government Reserved Area (427)?
5. What reason is given for the lack of supplies at the relief center?
6. What reasons does Ugwu note for thinking Muokelu is a poor teacher?
7. For what in her past does Olanna grieve?
8. How does Muokelu apologize to Olanna after commenting aspersively on Kainene?
9. What is the stated significance of Port Harcourt to Biafra?
10. What, ultimately, is the obunigwe?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
To what extent does the epigraph from Achebe at the beginning of Half of A Yellow Sun suggest the theme of the book? How does it do so?
Essay Topic 2
Kainene remarks that “There are some things that are so unforgivable that they make other things easily forgivable” (435). What is meant by the remark? What in Half of A Yellow Sun supports it, and how does it do so?
Essay Topic 3
Repeatedly in Half of A Yellow Sun, Ugwu makes particular note of what he serves to whom at dinner and drinks. For one such character, explain the significance of the meal and drink service; that is, what does it indicate about that character that Ugwu focuses on the details of the table for him or her, and how does the text support the indication?
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