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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. In “On Monday of Last Week,” how does Neil discipline Josh?
2. In “Cell One,” why was Nnamabia arrested the second time?
3. In “Ghosts,” why does Ikenna say there was no reason for him to return to Nigeria?
4. In “A Private Experience,” what does the woman invite Chika to sit on?
5. In “Imitation,” why does the narrator says that Obiora bought good imitations?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the setting for "A Private Experience"?
2. In “Imitation,” what distressing news does Nkem receive from her friend who has just come back to the States from Nigeria?
3. In “A Private Experience,” what is the basis of the intimacy between Chika and the Hausa woman?
4. In “On Monday of Last Week,” what gaffe did Kamara make, that she thought would prevent her from getting the job babysitting Josh?
5. In “Jumping Monkey Hill,” what debate does Edward start with his statements about the Senegalese writer’s story?
6. In “Jumping Monkey Hill,” how does Edward’s wife Isabel get on Ujunwa’s wrong side?
7. In “A Private Experience,” what are the two women doing in the market town where they meet?
8. In “Ghosts,” what has Ikenna been doing all these years since the 1967 war?
9. In “A Private Experience,” what is the private experience referred to in the title?
10. In “Cell One,” how did Nnamabia’s time in prison change the narrator’s parents?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Adichie represent America in the stories of The Thing Around Your Neck? What does it stand for, in the lives of the Nigerians in her stories? What lessons do the Nigerians need to learn, to thrive there? How well do these lessons prepare people for the reality of America?
Essay Topic 2
What topics would you like to research further, after reading The Thing Around Your Neck. Describe why additional research or reading would be beneficial to an understanding of this book. Propose a list of articles or books you would read in order to get a better handle on The Thing Around Your Neck.
Essay Topic 3
What is the roles available to women in The Thing Around Your Neck? How are women portrayed? What kinds of choices do they get to make, and what is kept from them? How do they live within or rebel against these limits? How would you evaluate Adichie’s depiction of women in this collection of short stories? How are their roles and knowledge and behavior distinguished from the male characters?
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