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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 “The Headstrong Historian,” what did Nwamgba believe killed her husband?
2. In “The American Embassy,” how does the woman end the interview at the embassy?
3. In "Tomorrow is Too Far," why did Grandmama say that Nonso could sip the coconuts first?
4. In “The American Embassy,” how did the woman escape from the government men who killed her son?
5. In “The Arrangers of Marriage,” what does Odofile tell Chinaza she has to do in order to get ahead in America?
Short Essay Questions
1. In “The American Embassy,” what injury keeps the woman in line from moving with any agility?
2. In “The Arrangers of Marriage,” what was it that Chinaza liked about the markets in Enugu?
3. In “The Shivering,” what causes Ukamaka’s shivering?
4. What is the thing around the character’s neck in the story "The Thing Around Your Neck"?
5. Who are the main characters of the short story "Tomorrow is Too Far"?
6. In “The Shivering,” what is it that brings Chinedu to Ukamaka’s apartment?
7. In "Tomorrow is Too Far," what had the narrator told her mother to explain how Nonso had died?
8. In “The Headstrong Historian,” what were Nwamgba’s parents’ objections to Nwamgba’s choice of Obierika as husband, and how did she overcome them?
9. In “The Arrangers of Marriage,” how does the narrator characterize the apartment she arrives in with her husband?
10. In "Tomorrow is Too Far," how does the narrator characterize the relationship between herself and Dozie?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When is The Thing Around Your Neck most itself? What is its characteristic passage, or moment? What makes that moment or passage the most representative of the book as a whole? Are there any places where the book seems to depart from its typical self, as if to become a different book?
Essay Topic 2
What role does the Nigerian Civil War play in Adichie’s short stories? What are the underlying social tensions that sparked the war, and how are they presented? How does Adichie represent the consequences and aftermath of the conflict?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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