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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Odili hope Nwege gets an appointment with the POP?
(a) To get him out of the school occasionally.
(b) To benefit the school's material prosperity.
(c) Because Odili and Nwege are friends.
(d) Because Odili hopes to be made principal of the school.

2. What food does Odili initially ask Peter to cook while Andrew Kadibe is visiting?
(a) Yams.
(b) Rice.
(c) Pork.
(d) Stew.

3. In the beginning of Chapter 2, Odili says: "It doesn't matter what you knew, but __________________"
(a) What you didn't know.
(b) Where you're known.
(c) Who you knew.
(d) Who knew you.

4. Why has Odili lost his admiration for Chief Nanga?
(a) Chief Nanga defended the dismissed Cabinet members.
(b) Chief Nanga slept around once he got into power.
(c) Chief Nanga dishonored his own father.
(d) Chief Nanga joined in denouncing the dismissed Cabinet members.

5. What guild causes a stir when it arrives at the Assembly Hall?
(a) The Ego Women's Party.
(b) The seamstress' guild.
(c) The hunters' guild.
(d) The Nigerian Pottery Guild.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many wives does Odili's father have before marrying Odili's mother?

2. What sort of degree is Chief Nanga to be awarded?

3. What, in Chief Nanga's days as a scoutmaster, is considered the "very acme of sophistication"?

4. Whom does Odili ask the journalist about?

5. What is the name of the soloist mentioned in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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