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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Emenike say Mike is scared of?

2. What is the name of the island Mike travels to?

3. What did Ben's father used to say was the cure for drink?

4. What is the name of Cletus' girlfriend?

5. What did Margaret want to convert Ben to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens the first time Gladys and Reginald meet?

2. How does Michael want to change the school?

3. How does Michael's wife help him out at his new school?

4. How does Mr. Emenike initially prove a blessing for Vera?

5. What does the story say about Cletus' character?

6. Why do the government suspend free primary education?

7. How does Cletus lose his girlfriend in this story?

8. What is different about the narrative of Sugar Baby?

9. Why is Mrs. Emenike angry at the new socialism in Nigeria?

10. What does Michael find out about the path he attempts to block?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What war did Nigeria fight in the book? What effect did the war have in their country?

Essay Topic 2

What do the stories say about the gap between the older and younger generation? Why does the gap seem so big? What do the attitude of the younger generation about how Nigeria will develop in the future?

Essay Topic 3

What does the author suggests stops Nigeria from becoming the modern day country they seem capable of becoming? Why are so many people against Nigeria moving with the times?

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