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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Chief Nanga seek a second wife?
(a) His first wife is barren.
(b) He wants a pretty, younger woman.
(c) His first wife is lazy and does not cook or clean.
(d) His first wife is not cultured enough.

3. 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.

4. Where do Odili and Jean go after leaving Jean's house?
(a) Through the streets of Bori.
(b) Immediately to Chief Nanga's house.
(c) To Urua.
(d) To Anata.

5. Why does the girl in Chief Nanga's best story refuse to remove her bra?
(a) She has small breasts.
(b) She is afraid her husband will come home soon.
(c) Her breasts are ugly.
(d) Her husband cursed her breasts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the statute Odili reads in the newspaper concern?

2. What is the nickname of Odili's former next-door neighbor in his university days?

3. What nickname offends Chief Nanga?

4. What is John's job?

5. What is John's most interesting claim about the his country?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Mrs. Nanga concerned over her children losing their heritage?

2. What impression does Odili convey in his description of Chief Nanga's library?

3. What is Odili's perception of Chief Nanga's concerns?

4. What is significant about the languages spoken in the Nanga home?

5. What personal goal does Odili not considering asking for help in achieving, as stated in Chapter 2?

6. Why is Odili concerned when Chief Nanga voices his intention to go to the hospital with him?

7. Why does Chief Nanga remember Odili?

8. Why is Odili's father hated?

9. Why does Chief Nanga scorn his old nickname, "M.A. Minus Opportunity"?

10. How is the media portrayed by Odili?

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