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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Odili recall meeting Elsie?
(a) In Urua.
(b) At a party.
(c) At grammar school.
(d) In England.

2. Why does Odili have his present teaching job instead of a civil-service job?
(a) Autonomy.
(b) Money.
(c) Underqualification.
(d) A girl.

3. What is the chief complaint of the Prime Minister against his dismissed Cabinet members?
(a) They are greedy.
(b) They have betrayed their fathers.
(c) They are over-educated by Western thought.
(d) They are bloodthirsty.

4. What sort of degree is Chief Nanga to be awarded?
(a) Bachelor of arts.
(b) Master of public affairs.
(c) Doctor of history.
(d) Doctor of laws.

5. Jokingly, Odili tells his houseboy, Peter, that the government passed a law saying people may only do what two times a day?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Use the bathroom.
(c) Leave their house.
(d) Eat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Odili's colleagues visited England?

2. How long is Nwege's speech in Chapter 1?

3. Why does Andrew Kadibe think it ridiculous for Chief Nanga to be the Minister of Culture?

4. Why does Chief Nanga seek a second wife?

5. Chapter 1 opens with Chief Nanga making an address at which school?

(see the answer key)

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