Reading Check and Short Answer questions on key points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

Chapters 1-16

Reading Check

1. What is the name of the man Ayoola has killed?

2. What is Korede’s profession?

3. Where did Ayoola get her knife?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. What does Ayoola want when she calls Korede in Chapter 1?

2. What makes it possible for Korede to confide in Muhtar Yautai?

3. What difference between the sisters causes their mother to treat them differently?

4. What happens during the dinner preparation that demonstrates that Korede feels responsible for taking care of Ayoola because of the way Ayoola’s mind operates?

Paired Resource

“In Nigeria, A Culture Of Bribery Turns Deadly”

• This four-minute NPR podcast segment describes a man who was shot for refusing to give a police officer a bribe.
• This resource relates to the theme of Contemporary Nigerian Society.
• What incident in My Sister, the Serial Killer highlights this widespread police corruption in Nigeria? What is the narrative’s tone toward this incident? How does Braithwaite highlight a similar problem in the hospital where Korede works? What is Korede’s attitude toward the incidents at the hospital? What does this suggest about Korede and about her society?