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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Clara and Obi return and MacMillan leaves them after going ashore to Funchal?
(a) They decide not to see each other again because Clara is betrothed.
(b) They deide to leave things as they are and "see what happens" in Lagos.
(c) They make plans to continue their relationship.
(d) Obi declares his love and kisses Clara, who responds with a violent kiss.

2. What is Obi warned about at his farewell prayer meeting?
(a) He is to "learn book," fear the Lord and not fall into the temptations of other young Africans.
(b) He is to study hard and not chase white women.
(c) He is to study hard and go often to church.
(d) He is to go to church and stay out of trouble.

3. What surprises Obi and Joseph about the restaurant?
(a) It is owned by an old Englishwoman.
(b) It is completely European in style and food.
(c) It is almost empty on a Saturday evening.
(d) It does not sell any African food.

4. What makes Obi go to a slum in Lagos when he returns from England?
(a) For a job interview.
(b) His girlfriend, Clara, has a dressmaker there.
(c) To visit his friend Christopher.
(d) To see his uncle Okolo.

5. Why is Obi's description of the streets and market in the Lagos slum ironic?
(a) It is nothing like his life in England.
(b) It is a far cry from the sweet Nigeria about which he writes a nostalgic poem in England.
(c) It is the same life to which Obi must return after being educated.
(d) It has not changed in all the years Obi has been away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What shocks Joseph about Obi while they are at the restaurant?

2. What is Nigeria's real problem according to Obi in his remarks to Christopher?

3. What early indication does Obi see how "Dear old Nigeria really works" as the boat docks in Lagos?

4. Where does the boat anchor to allow the passengers to watch boys diving for coins?

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

(see the answer key)

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