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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chief Nanga's lunchtime conversation concern?
(a) The purchasing of buses from England.
(b) Odili's scholarship.
(c) The building of a new school.
(d) The tarring of a road.

2. What, in Chief Nanga's days as a scoutmaster, is considered the "very acme of sophistication"?
(a) A white helmet.
(b) A red dress.
(c) A white sash.
(d) Reading English books.

3. What detail about one man's robes in Chapter 6 most catches Odili's attention?
(a) The robe's poor quality.
(b) The robe's brilliant colors.
(c) The tailor's advertisement.
(d) The robe's eccentric patterning.

4. From what country does the other black man among the foreigners in Chapter 5 come?
(a) Sudan.
(b) England.
(c) Congo.
(d) America.

5. Why does Odili praise Edna's beauty and memory in English?
(a) So Odo will not understand.
(b) To impress Odo.
(c) Because it is a more serious language.
(d) So Edna may know he is well-educated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Chief Nanga's second wife-to-be?

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

3. Why will Mrs. Nanga not accompany her husband to the United States?

4. Who convinces Chief Kobino to delay the construction project between Anata and Giligili for which Chief Nanga is pushing?

5. What causes Odili's division from his father?

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