Akata Witch

Prologue-Chapter 2

Reading Check

1. A light glowing above her head (Prologue)

2. Fast Facts for Free Agents (Chapter 1)

Short Answer

1. She sees a vision of the end of the world in the candle flame. Leaning closer to get a better look, she accidentally sets her hair on fire. (Prologue)

2. The other students refer to Sunny as “akata,” which is a derogatory word used to refer to African Americans. (Chapter 1)

3. Orlu tells Sunny that this juju is a “trust knot” that will prevent her from telling his and Chichi’s secrets. (Chapter 2)

Chapters 3-5

Reading Check

1. Chittim (Chapter 3)

2. Chichi (Chapter 4)

Short Answer

1. He used juju to attack Lambs who were harassing his sisters. (Chapter 3)

2. Sasha says that because they are a group of four whose abilities and temperaments create a good balance, they could be a coven. (Chapter 4)

3. Sunny’s parents are Lambs, and her mother is a devoted Catholic. Sunny does not think her mother would understand or approve of her being a Leopard Person. (Chapter 5)

Chapters 6-8

Reading Check

1. Her albinism (Chapter 6)

2. Night Runner Forest (Chapter 7)

Short Answer

1. The author is clearly biased against Free Agents, because she says that it is a problem for Free Agents that they do not have the same connection to Leopard traditions. (Chapter 6)

2. Kehinde reminds her of what is going on in the news lately and points out that this indicates that young people’s lives are not much valued. (Chapter 7)

3. When Jibaku and her friends bully Sunny, Sunny is tempted to use juju against them. Orlu reminds Sunny that this is against the rules and that if she does it she will face discipline from the Library Council. (Chapter 8)

Chapters 9-11

Reading Check

1. Sasha (Chapter 9)

2. The Nigerian capital/Abuja (Chapter 11)

Short Answer

1. Black Hat Otokoto is a Leopard Person, and he is sacrificing children to perform dark juju. (Chapter 9)

2. Sunny learns that her grandmother, Ozoemena, was once Black Hat’s mentor. Black Hat killed Ozoemena in order to steal her powers. (Chapter 10)

3. Chichi comes over to Sunny’s house and charms her mother with her politeness. She then asks if Sunny can come stay the night at her house on the Saturday when Anatov plans to take them to Abuja. (Chapter 11)

Chapters 12-15

Reading Check

1. Jesus’s General (Chapter 12)

2. Center forward (Chapter 14)

Short Answer

1. Chichi and Sunny are warned that girls specifically must be careful in the city because it is more dangerous for them. Sunny is also discouraged from playing soccer because she is female. (Chapters 12 and 14)

2. Sunny, feeling overwhelmed by the crowds and commotion around her, stands alone in a field, crying. Miknikstic notices her and comes to comfort her. (Chapter 13)

3. Chichi uses juju to summon a masquerade, which causes havoc by releasing stinging insects that swarm the students. (Chapter 15)

Chapters 16-18

Reading Check

1. Auntie Chinwe (Chapter 16)

2. Anatov (Chapter 18)

Short Answer

1. A blue wasp hatches from the bean. When Sunny gives it a packet of biscuits, it uses them to construct a tiny castle from biscuit crumbs. (Chapter 16)

2. Instead of becoming less interested in the book where they learned how to call the masquerade, Chichi and Sasha actually become more interested in it. (Chapter 17)

3. Black Hat Otokoto’s plan is to use dark juju to bring a malevolent spirit called Ekwensu into the mortal plane. (Chapter 18)

Chapter 19-Epilogue

Reading Check

1. Chittim (Chapter 21)

2. Black Hat Otokoto (Chapter 22)

Short Answer

1. Sasha uses the conch he got from the junk man to call a swarm of insects, which he orders to swarm Black Hat Otokoto. (Chapter 19)

2. Sunny’s grandmother came to Chichi’s mother in a vision. She told Chichi’s mother the juju spell to bring Black Hat Otokoto’s past sins back, so that Chichi could use it against Otokoto. (Chapter 20)

3. Chichi and Sasha are ambitious about passing their level tests, and even though they are not as old as usual for the second-level test, they are already planning to study for and pass this test. By contrast, Sunny jokes that she cannot even remember what the second-level test is called, making it clear that she is in no hurry to pass the next test. (Epilogue)