Adichie
True or False: Adichie was born into poverty.
False
A popular Nigerian soup characterized by its spicy, aromatic flavor and light, watery broth.
Pepper Soup
Where did some people protest?
The visa line at the American Embassy
DOUBLE JEOPARDY - What was the overall theme of the short story?
Brutality in society, physically and socially, stems from a variety of sources.
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What year was she born in?
1977
An endorsement on a passport indicating that the holder is allowed to enter, leave, or stay for a specified period of time in a country.
Visa
Which passage did this come from? "This passage illustrates a scene of the American soldiers brutally disciplining a man who was in line to get his visa."
Passage #1
Analyze this passage - “The Nigerian visa applicant in the dark suit began to shout and to gesture, waving his see-through plastic file that bulged with documents. "This is wrong! How can you treat people like this? I will take this to Washington!" until a security guard came and led him away.”
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What city does the American Embassy take place in?
Lagos, Nigeria
What country was she born in?
Nigeria
The protection granted by a nation to someone who has left their native country as a political refugee.
Asylum
Which passage did this overview come from? "This scene takes place in the home of the main character, robbers are attempting to find (and kill) her husband. In the heat of the moment the son gets shot."
Passage #3
Analyze this passage -
“She turned to look across the street, moving her neck slowly. A small crowd had gathered. A soldier was flogging a bespectacled man with a long whip that curled in the air before it landed on the man's face, or his neck, she wasn't sure because the man's hands were raised as if to ward off the whip. She saw the man's glasses slip off and fall. She saw the heel of the soldier's boot squash the black frames, the tinted lenses.”
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Who wrote the American Embassy?
Chimamanda Adichie
Name two colleges she attended.
Yale, Eastern Connecticut, and John Hopkins
The act of beating the human body with special implements such as whips, rods, switches, the cat o' nine tails, the sjambok, the knout, etc.
Flogging
Which passage did this overview come from? "Looking at this passage, we see a visa applicant waiting in line. He protests the scene at the embassy."
Passage #2
Analyze this passage - “Was she imagining it, or was the sympathy draining from the visa interviewer’s face? She saw the swift way the woman pushed her reddish-gold hair back even though it did not disturb her, it stayed quiet on her neck, framing a pale face. Her future rested on that face. The face of a person who did not understand her, who probably did not cook with palm oil, or know that palm oil when fresh was a bright, bright red and when not fresh, congealed to a lumpy orange. She turned slowly and headed for the exit. “Ma’am?” she heard the interviewer’s voice behind her. She didn’t turn. She walked out of the American embassy…”
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What is the name of the book that The American Embassy came from?
The Things Around Your Neck
What city was Adichie born in?
Enugu
Bespectacled
A person wearing glasses
Which passage did this overview come from? "The main character is at the desk meeting with the visa interviewer. Growing frustrated, she walked out of the meeting."
Passage #4
Analyze this passage - “Where is your husband? Where is he? They had torn open the wardrobes in the two rooms, even the drawers. She could have told them that her husband was over six feet tall, that he could not possibly hide in a drawer. Three men in black trousers. They had smelled of alcohol and pepper soup, and much later, as she held Ugonna’s still body, she knew that she would never eat pepper soup again.”
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Which pepper is found in pepper soup?
Scotch Bonnet Pepper (AKA: Ata Rodo).