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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where in Lagos does Joseph live?
(a) The Motor Park in Umuofia.
(b) Ikoyi.
(c) Lagos Motor Park in the Obalende.
(d) Umuofia Park.

2. What old nickname of Obi's is revealed while Obi and Joseph are recalling old times?
(a) Word Warrior.
(b) Dictionary.
(c) Wordpower.
(d) Still Waters.

3. What is Obi told about the many dead dogs in the street when he visits the slum in Lagos?
(a) It is good luck to kill a dog with one's new car but bad luck to kill a duck.
(b) There is no government agency to move them.
(c) They are part of the "Old Nigeria" that Obi has forgotten.
(d) They are injured by bad drivers who do not pick them up.

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

5. How does Obi view the luxurious residential area originally meant for Europeans but later occupied by the trickle of Africans who get European posts?
(a) He thinks it is necessary to live there to show that he has accomplished something.
(b) He wants Clara to be happy when they marry and go there to live.
(c) It makes Obi think of the twin kernels in palm-nuts: one shiny, black, and alive, and the other powdery, white, and dead.
(d) He thinks it will be good to live there when he gets his "European post."

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Obi stay in England?

2. What surprises Obi and Joseph about the restaurant?

3. Who is the judge at the trial of Obi Okonkwo as the novel opens?

4. Who chairs the prayer meeting that Obi's parents called before Obi goes to England?

5. What reason does Clara give for going to Obi's cabin?

(see the answer key)

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