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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is demanded of Obinze by the immigration officer when he arrives in Lagos in Chapter 30?
(a) His birth certificate.
(b) Money.
(c) His ring.
(d) His passport.

2. Where had Tochi lost her job, according to Ranyinudo in Chapter 44?
(a) A bank.
(b) A school.
(c) A church.
(d) A hospital.

3. Through what organization does Aunty Uju say she met Kweku in Chapter 32?
(a) The Red Cross.
(b) Doctors Without Borders.
(c) African Doctors for Africa.
(d) The World Health Organization.

4. Where does Boubacar encourage Ifemelu to apply for a fellowship in Chapter 38?
(a) Columbia University.
(b) Howard University.
(c) Princeton University.
(d) Rutgers University.

5. What is the title of Ifemelu's blog post that is read aloud at the party in Chapter 36?
(a) “Why Dark-Skinned Black Women Both American and Non-American Love Barack Obama.”
(b) “Obama Can Win Only If He Remains the Magic Negro.”
(c) “Friendly Tips for the American Non-Black: How to React to an American Black Talking About Blackness.”
(d) “A Michelle Obama Shout-Out Plus Hair as a Race Metaphor.”

6. Who says at the dinner party in Chapter 29 that in America blacks and whites work together, but don’t play together and that in England it is just the opposite?
(a) Emenike.
(b) Bartholomew.
(c) Tendai.
(d) Kosi.

7. Where does Emenike meet Obinze in Chapter 29?
(a) At a church.
(b) At the riverbank.
(c) At a restaurant.
(d) At his office.

8. Who gives Obinze a suit for his wedding in Chapter 30?
(a) Nigel.
(b) Tendai.
(c) Nicholas.
(d) The General.

9. What does Blaine do in reaction to the library guard who has been falsely arrested in Chapter 38?
(a) He fires Mr. White.
(b) He calls for a boycott.
(c) He organizes a protest.
(d) He quits his job.

10. What is the name of the man that Ranyinudo met and was attracted to at the wedding in Chapter 44?
(a) Ndudi.
(b) Iloba.
(c) Ovidio.
(d) Nicholas.

11. What television stations does Ranyinudo say she watches mostly in Chapter 44?
(a) MSNBC and FOX News.
(b) NTA and PBS.
(c) Style and E!.
(d) A&E and Nickelodeon.

12. Who is Blaine's ex-girlfriend that reads one of Ifemelu's blog posts at the party in Chapter 36?
(a) Paula.
(b) Tendai.
(c) Aisha.
(d) Araminta.

13. Why does Obinze avoid reading English newspapers in Chapter 27?
(a) He can't stand English politics.
(b) The immigration articles frighten him.
(c) His wife would be angry if she saw them.
(d) He doesn't have enough money to buy them.

14. What is the name of the receptionist at the Zoe magazine office?
(a) Kosi.
(b) Tendai.
(c) Araminta.
(d) Esther.

15. Who among Ifemelu's old friends is described in Chapter 46 as "unrecognizable now, so fat that even her nose had changed shape"?
(a) Araminta.
(b) Tendai.
(c) Tochi.
(d) Kosi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What colors does Ranyinudo describe the wedding as having been that she just attended in Chapter 44?

2. Where is the woman from that claims she dated a white man and that race was never an issue in Chapter 31?

3. What sound permeates the air around Ranyinudo's apartment building in Chapter 44?

4. Where did Ifemelu meet Tendai?

5. How did Dike attempt suicide?

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