My Sister, the Serial Killer

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-text review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. When did Korede’s obsessive need to protect Ayoola begin?

A) In early adulthood, when Ayoola killed Somto

B) Recently, when Tade expressed an interest in Ayoola

C) In childhood because of their parents’ behavior

D) In their teen years because of their classmates’ behavior

2. Which aspect of the characterization of Korede is most clearly ironic?

A) Her hobbies

B) Her profession

C) Her childhood memories

D) Her family relationships

3. How does Korede cope with the stress her created by her family life?

A) By losing herself in daydreaming and elaborate fantasies

B) By distracting herself with her co-workers’ problems

C) By engaging in risky behavior with drugs and alcohol

D) By trying to impose order on the world around her

4. What does Ayoola’s primary feeling about her crimes seem to be?

A) Boredom

B) Glee

C) Guilt

D) Paranoia

5. Which character is most able to see Korede for more than her usefulness in suiting their personal needs?

A) Ayoola

B) Tade

C) Her mother

D) Muhtar

6. What does Ayoola’s choice of murder weapons suggest about her motivation?

A) She is punishing men as proxies for her father.

B) She kills anyone who insults her beauty.

C) She hopes Korede will be blamed for her crimes.

D) She does not actually realize that murder is wrong.

7. What aspect of Nigerian culture is most clearly critiqued through the characterization of Kehinde?

A) Its old-fashioned superstitions

B) Its dysfunctional corruption

C) Its patriarchy and chauvinism

D) Its treatment of outsiders

8. Which is a significant similarity between Ayoola and Korede?

A) Both are disturbed by men’s reactions to Ayoola’s beauty.

B) Both are self-centered and unwilling to compromise.

C) Both are blind to the risks of their own ambitions.

D) Both are willing to sacrifice others to achieve their own ends.

9. What do Muhtar’s actions after he wakes from his coma demonstrate to Korede?

A) A brush with death can make some people even more self-centered.

B) It is possible to put individual principles above obligations to family.

C) Forgiveness of those who have wronged us is an important part of healing.

D) It is dangerous to project our own feelings onto other people.

10. Which is the best description of Korede and Ayoola’s mother?

A) Broken and desperate

B) Optimistic and naive

C) Weak and shallow

D) Cold and aloof

11. Which of Ayoola’s crimes is the turning point in Korede’s understanding of her sister’s actions?

A) Femi’s murder

B) Somto’s murder

C) Tade’s attempted murder

D) Gboyega’s murder

12. Which is the most accurate expression of what beauty represents in this novel?

A) Guilt

B) Power

C) Ambition

D) Corruption

13. Which motif in the novel is a vehicle for the novel’s concerns with nature versus nurture?

A) Beauty

B) Blood

C) Caregiving

D) Victimhood

14. Which of the novel’s thematic concerns is most clearly related to the description of Korede’s house?

A) Nigerian culture and society

B) Perceptions of beauty

C) Nature versus nurture

D) Family dynamics

15. Which of the novel’s thematic concerns are most clearly supported by the behavior of police officers toward Korede and Ayoola?

A) Nigerian culture and society and perceptions of beauty

B) Perceptions of beauty and nature versus nurture

C) Nature versus nurture and family dynamics

D) Family dynamics and Nigerian culture and society

Long Answer

Compose a response of 2-3 sentences, incorporating text details to support your response.

1. What is ironic about Korede’s romantic interest in Tade?

2. What does Korede’s relationship with Muhtar demonstrate about her relationship with Ayoola?