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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Obi consider doing in order to meet his mounting debts after speaking with Charles Ibe?
(a) Obi considers asking Mr. Green for a loan.
(b) Obi contemplates an overdraft of £50 at his bank.
(c) Obi contemplates withholding payments from the UPU.
(d) Obi considers asking Mr. Omo for a salary advance.

2. What warning does Obi's new boss give him when the two are introduced?
(a) That he hopes there will not be a quick descent into taking bribes.
(b) That he should not be "bone-lazy" but use his "loaf."
(c) That he should avoid the temptation of thinking he has arrived.
(d) That he hopes he learned something in England.

3. What worries does Obi have about the expectations of the people at home as he makes his journey home?
(a) They will want to meet his bride-to-be.
(b) They will want to share in his good fortune.
(c) They will want to interfere in his business.
(d) They will want to give him all sorts of embarrassing gifts.

4. What is special about Obi's arrival in Onitsha, a few miles from his village?
(a) Obi's visit causes a few stares but most people go about their normal business.
(b) Everyone stays home from school and work to meet Obi.
(c) His father hires a bus to take all the relatives to meet him.
(d) Village elders send a pleasure car to meet him on this special occasion.

5. What new expense does Obi assume when he gets his new car that suggests another symbol of his status?
(a) Obi has a driver, whom he hires for £4 a month.
(b) Obi has a driver whom he hires for £10 a month.
(c) Obi has a houseboy whom he pays £4 a month.
(d) Obi has a valet whom he pays £10 a month.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the courtroom packed with spectators at Obi Okonkwo's trial?

2. What cynical feeling does Obi have about seeing how insistent the Marks family is on doing whatever it takes for Elsie to get a scholarship?

3. How does Obi view the luxurious residential area originally meant for Europeans but later occupied by the trickle of Africans who get European posts?

4. What is Obi's response when he and Clara go walking and she suddenly announces they cannot marry?

5. Why does the UPU want Obi to study law in England?

(see the answer key)

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